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<refentry id='function.domnode-parent-node'>
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>DomNode->parent_node</refname>
  <refpurpose>
   Returns the parent of the node
  </refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1>
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>domnode</type><methodname>DomNode->parent_node</methodname>
   <void/>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   This function returns the parent node.
  </para>
  <para>
   (PHP &gt;= 4.3 only) If no parent is found, NULL is returned.
  </para>
  <para>
   The following example will show two identical lists of children. 
   <example>
    <title>Finding the document of a node</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$doc = domxml_new_doc("1.0");
$node = $doc->create_element("para");
$node = $doc->append_child($node);
$children = $doc->children();
print_r($children);

$doc2 = $node->parent_node();
$children = $doc2->children();
print_r($children);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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