DOMNode::removeChild
(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DOMNode::removeChild —
Removes child from list of children
Description
This function removes a child from a list of children.
Parameters
child-
The removed child.
Return Values
If the child could be removed the function returns the old child or false on error.
Examples
The following example will delete the chapter element of our XML document.
Example #1 Removing a child
<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument;
$doc->load('examples/book-docbook.xml');
$book = $doc->documentElement;
// we retrieve the chapter and remove it from the book
$chapter = $book->getElementsByTagName('chapter')->item(0);
$oldchapter = $book->removeChild($chapter);
echo $doc->saveXML();
?>
The above example will output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<book id="listing">
<title>My lists</title>
</book>
DOMNode::normalize
DOMNode