php-doc-en/reference/dom/functions/dom-domnode-removechild.xml
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<refentry id='function.dom-domnode-removechild'>
<refnamediv>
<refname>DOMNode->removeChild()</refname>
<refpurpose>
Removes child from list of children
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<classsynopsis>
<ooclass><classname>DOMNode</classname></ooclass>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>DOMNode</type><methodname>removeChild</methodname>
<methodparam><type>DOMNode</type><parameter>oldnode</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
</classsynopsis>
<para>
This functions removes a child from a list of children.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>oldnode</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The removed child.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
If the child could be removed the functions returns the old child.
</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.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>DOM_NOT_FOUND</constant></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Raised if <parameter>oldnode</parameter> is not a child of this node.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
The following example will delete the chapter element of our XML document.
<example>
<title>Removing a child</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument;
$doc->load('book.xml');
$book = $doc->documentElement;
// we retrieve the chapter and remove it from the book
$chapter = $book->getElementsByTagName('chapter')->item(0);
$oldchapter = $book->removeChild($chapter);
echo $doc->saveXML();
?>]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen role="xml">
<![CDATA[
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<book id="listing">
<title>My lists</title>
</book>
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><xref linkend="function.dom-domnode-appendchild" /></member>
<member><xref linkend="function.dom-domnode-replacechild" /></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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