DOMNode->removeChild() --
Removes child from list of children
Description
class DOMNode { DOMNode removeChild ( DOMNode oldnode ) }
This functions removes a child from a list of children.
Parameters
oldnode
The removed child.
Return Values
If the child could be removed the functions returns the old child.
Exceptions
DOM_NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
Raised if this node is readonly.
DOM_NOT_FOUND
Raised if oldnode is not a child of this node.
Examples
The following example will delete the chapter element of our XML document.
Example 1. Removing a child
<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument; $doc->load('book.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="iso-8859-1"?>
<!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>
