DomDocument->document_element

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DomDocument->document_element — Returns root element node

Description

domelement DomDocument->document_element ( void )

This function returns the root element node of a document.

The following example returns just the element with name CHAPTER and prints it. The other node -- the comment -- is not returned.

Example #1 Retrieving root element

 <?php
include("example.inc");

if (!$dom = domxml_open_mem($xmlstr)) {
  echo "Error while parsing the document\n";
  exit;
}

$root = $dom->document_element();
print_r($root);
?>

The above example will output:

  domelement Object (     [type] => 1     [tagname] => chapter     [0] => 6     [1] => 137960648 )