The DOMElement class

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Class synopsis

class DOMElement extends DOMNode implements DOMParentNode, DOMChildNode {
/* Properties */
public readonly string $tagName;
public readonly mixed $schemaTypeInfo = null;
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 DOMNodeList $childNodes;
public readonly ?DOMNode $firstChild;
public readonly ?DOMNode $lastChild;
public readonly ?DOMNode $previousSibling;
public readonly ?DOMNode $nextSibling;
public readonly ?DOMNamedNodeMap $attributes;
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 getAttribute(string $qualifiedName): string
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 removeAttribute(string $qualifiedName): bool
public removeAttributeNode(DOMAttr $attr): DOMAttr|false
public removeAttributeNS(?string $namespace, string $localName): 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
/* 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::getLineNo(): int
public DOMNode::getNodePath(): ?string
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::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
}

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

Changelog

Version Description
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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