Remove child from list of children in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to remove child from list of children.
Example
<?php/* w ww. j a v a 2 s . c o m*/
$doc = new DOMDocument;
$doc->load('test.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();
?>
The following code is for test.xml.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE books [/*from w ww . ja v a 2s .co m*/
<!ELEMENT books (book+)>
<!ELEMENT book (title, author+, xhtml:blurb?)>
<!ELEMENT title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT blurb (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT author (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST books xmlns CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!ATTLIST books xmlns:xhtml CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!ATTLIST book id ID #IMPLIED>
<!ATTLIST author email CDATA #IMPLIED>
]>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="style.xsl"?>
<books xmlns="http://java2s.com/" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<book id="php-basics">
<title>PHP Basics</title>
<author email="t@no.com">Tom</author>
<author email="j@no.com">Jack</author>
<xhtml:blurb>PHP Basics</xhtml:blurb>
</book>
<book id="php-advanced">
<title>PHP Programming</title>
<author email="j@no.php">Jack</author>
</book>
</books>
The code above generates the following result.
