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Dom\CharacterData::replaceWith

(PHP 8 >= 8.4.0)

Dom\CharacterData::replaceWith — Replaces the character data with new nodes

Description

public Dom\CharacterData::replaceWith(Dom\Node|string ...$nodes): void

Replaces the character data with new nodes.

Parameters

nodes: The replacement nodes. Strings are automatically converted to text nodes.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Errors/Exceptions

DOM_HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if the parent is of a type that does not allow children of the type of one of the passed nodes, or if the node to put in is one of this node's ancestors or this node itself.
DOM_WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if one of the passed nodes was created from a different document than the one that created this node.

Examples

Example #1 Dom\CharacterData::replaceWith() example

Replaces the character data with new nodes.

<?php
$doc = Dom\XMLDocument::createFromString("<container><![CDATA[hello]]></container>");
$cdata = $doc->documentElement->firstChild;

$cdata->replaceWith("beautiful", $doc->createElement("world"));

echo $doc->saveXML();
?>

The above example will output:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<container>beautiful<world/></container>

See Also

Dom\ChildNode::replaceWith() - Replaces the node with new nodes
Dom\CharacterData::after() - Adds nodes after the character data
Dom\CharacterData::before() - Adds nodes before the character data
Dom\CharacterData::remove() - Removes the character data node

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