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<refentry id='function.dom-domnode-insertbefore'>
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>DOMNode->insertBefore()</refname>
  <refpurpose>
   Adds a new child before a reference node
  </refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <classsynopsis>
   <ooclass><classname>DOMNode</classname></ooclass>
   <methodsynopsis>
    <type>DOMNode</type><methodname>insertBefore</methodname>
    <methodparam><type>DOMNode</type><parameter>newnode</parameter></methodparam>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>DOMNode</type><parameter>refnode</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
  </classsynopsis>
  <para>
   This function inserts a new node right before the reference node.
   If you plan to do further modifications on the appended child you must use
   the returned node.  
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>newnode</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The new node.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>refnode</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The reference node. If not supplied, <parameter>newnode</parameter> is
       appended to the children.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The inserted node.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="exceptions">
  &reftitle.exceptions;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><constant>DOM_NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR</constant></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Raised if this node is readonly or if the previous parent of the node
       being inserted is readonly.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><constant>DOM_HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR</constant></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Raised if this node is of a type that does not allow children of the 
       type of the <parameter>newnode</parameter> node, or if the node to 
       append is one of this node's ancestors or this node itself.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><constant>DOM_WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR</constant></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Raised if <parameter>newnode</parameter> was created from a different 
       document than the one that created this node.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><constant>DOM_NOT_FOUND</constant></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Raised if <parameter>refnode</parameter> is not a child of this node.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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