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The DOMNodeList class

Introduction

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Represents a live list of nodes.

Class synopsis

class DOMNodeList implements IteratorAggregate, Countable {
/* Properties */
public readonly int $length;
/* Methods */
public count(): int
public getIterator(): Iterator
public item(int $index): DOMElement|DOMNode|DOMNameSpaceNode|null
}

Properties

length

The number of nodes in the list. The range of valid child node indices is 0 to length - 1 inclusive.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 DOMNodeList implements IteratorAggregate now. Previously, Traversable was implemented instead.
7.2.0 The Countable interface is implemented and returns the value of the length property.

Notes

Note: Nodes in the list can be accessed by array syntax.

See Also

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