DomDocument->document_element Returns root element node &reftitle.description; domelementDomDocument->document_element 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. document_element(); print_r($root); ?> ]]> &example.outputs; 1 [tagname] => chapter [0] => 6 [1] => 137960648 ) ]]>