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Last updated: Fri, 10 Oct 2008

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DOMDocument::getElementsByTagName

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DOMDocument::getElementsByTagNameSearches for all elements with given tag name

Description

DOMNodeList DOMDocument::getElementsByTagName ( string $name )

This function returns a new instance of class DOMNodeList containing the elements with a given tag name.

Parameters

name

The name of the tag to match on. The special value * matches all tags.

Return Values

A new DOMNodeList object containing all the matched elements.



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DOMDocument::getElementsByTagName
James L
19-Aug-2008 02:04
Return if there are no matches is an empty DOMNodeList. Check using length property, e.g.:

<?php
$nodes
=$domDocument->getElementsByTagName('book') ;
if (
$nodes->length==0) {
  
// no results
}
?>

 
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