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The DOMElement class

Class synopsis

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

class DOMElement extends DOMNode implements DOMParentNode, DOMChildNode {
/* Inherited constants */
public const int DOMNode::DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED = 0x1;
public const int DOMNode::DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING = 0x2;
public const int DOMNode::DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING = 0x4;
public const int DOMNode::DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS = 0x8;
public const int DOMNode::DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY = 0x10;
public const int DOMNode::DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC = 0x20;
/* Properties */
public readonly string $tagName;
public string $className;
public string $id;
public readonly mixed $schemaTypeInfo;
public readonly ?DOMElement $firstElementChild;
public readonly ?DOMElement $lastElementChild;
public readonly int $childElementCount;
public readonly ?DOMElement $previousElementSibling;
public readonly ?DOMElement $nextElementSibling;
/* Inherited properties */
public readonly string $nodeName;
public ?string $nodeValue;
public readonly int $nodeType;
public readonly ?DOMNode $parentNode;
public readonly ?DOMElement $parentElement;
public readonly DOMNodeList $childNodes;
public readonly ?DOMNode $firstChild;
public readonly ?DOMNode $lastChild;
public readonly ?DOMNode $previousSibling;
public readonly ?DOMNode $nextSibling;
public readonly ?DOMNamedNodeMap $attributes;
public readonly bool $isConnected;
public readonly ?DOMDocument $ownerDocument;
public readonly ?string $namespaceURI;
public string $prefix;
public readonly ?string $localName;
public readonly ?string $baseURI;
public string $textContent;
/* Methods */
public __construct(string $qualifiedName, ?string $value = null, string $namespace = "")
public after(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
public append(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
public before(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
public getAttribute(string $qualifiedName): string
public getAttributeNames(): array
public getAttributeNode(string $qualifiedName): DOMAttr|DOMNameSpaceNode|false
public getAttributeNodeNS(?string $namespace, string $localName): DOMAttr|DOMNameSpaceNode|null
public getAttributeNS(?string $namespace, string $localName): string
public getElementsByTagName(string $qualifiedName): DOMNodeList
public getElementsByTagNameNS(?string $namespace, string $localName): DOMNodeList
public hasAttribute(string $qualifiedName): bool
public hasAttributeNS(?string $namespace, string $localName): bool
public insertAdjacentElement(string $where, DOMElement $element): ?DOMElement
public insertAdjacentText(string $where, string $data): void
public prepend(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
public remove(): void
public removeAttribute(string $qualifiedName): bool
public removeAttributeNode(DOMAttr $attr): DOMAttr|false
public removeAttributeNS(?string $namespace, string $localName): void
public replaceChildren(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
public replaceWith(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
public setAttribute(string $qualifiedName, string $value): DOMAttr|bool
public setAttributeNode(DOMAttr $attr): DOMAttr|null|false
public setAttributeNodeNS(DOMAttr $attr): DOMAttr|null|false
public setAttributeNS(?string $namespace, string $qualifiedName, string $value): void
public setIdAttribute(string $qualifiedName, bool $isId): void
public setIdAttributeNode(DOMAttr $attr, bool $isId): void
public setIdAttributeNS(string $namespace, string $qualifiedName, bool $isId): void
public toggleAttribute(string $qualifiedName, ?bool $force = null): bool
/* Inherited methods */
public DOMNode::appendChild(DOMNode $node): DOMNode|false
public DOMNode::C14N(
 bool $exclusive = false,
 bool $withComments = false,
 ?array $xpath = null,
 ?array $nsPrefixes = null
): string|false
public DOMNode::C14NFile(
 string $uri,
 bool $exclusive = false,
 bool $withComments = false,
 ?array $xpath = null,
 ?array $nsPrefixes = null
): int|false
public DOMNode::cloneNode(bool $deep = false): DOMNode|false
public DOMNode::compareDocumentPosition(DOMNode $other): int
public DOMNode::contains(DOMNode|DOMNameSpaceNode|null $other): bool
public DOMNode::getLineNo(): int
public DOMNode::getNodePath(): ?string
public DOMNode::getRootNode(?array $options = null): DOMNode
public DOMNode::hasAttributes(): bool
public DOMNode::hasChildNodes(): bool
public DOMNode::insertBefore(DOMNode $node, ?DOMNode $child = null): DOMNode|false
public DOMNode::isDefaultNamespace(string $namespace): bool
public DOMNode::isEqualNode(?DOMNode $otherNode): bool
public DOMNode::isSameNode(DOMNode $otherNode): bool
public DOMNode::isSupported(string $feature, string $version): bool
public DOMNode::lookupNamespaceURI(?string $prefix): ?string
public DOMNode::lookupPrefix(string $namespace): ?string
public DOMNode::normalize(): void
public DOMNode::removeChild(DOMNode $child): DOMNode|false
public DOMNode::replaceChild(DOMNode $node, DOMNode $child): DOMNode|false
public DOMNode::__sleep(): array
public DOMNode::__wakeup(): void
}

Properties

childElementCount

The number of child elements.

firstElementChild

First child element or null.

lastElementChild

Last child element or null.

nextElementSibling

The next sibling element or null.

previousElementSibling

The previous sibling element or null.

schemaTypeInfo

Not implemented yet, always return null

tagName

The element name

className

A string representing the classes of the element separated by spaces.

id

Reflects the element ID through the "id" attribute.

Changelog

Version Description
8.3.0 The className and id properties and the DOMElement::getAttributeNames(), DOMElement::insertAdjacentElement(), DOMElement::insertAdjacentText(), and DOMElement::toggleAttribute() methods have been added.
8.0.0 The firstElementChild, lastElementChild, childElementCount, previousElementSibling, and nextElementSibling properties have been added.
8.0.0 DOMElement implements DOMParentNode and DOMChildNode now.

Notes

Note:

The DOM extension uses UTF-8 encoding. Use mb_convert_encoding(), UConverter::transcode(), or iconv() to handle other encodings.

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