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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>
    <title>Description</title>
    <methodsynopsis>
     <type>object</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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