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<div id="domnode.removechild" class="refentry">
<div class="refnamediv">
<h1 class="refname">DOMNode::removeChild</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DOMNode::removeChild</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Removes child from list of children
</span></p>
</div>
<a name="domnode.removechild.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.php" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <span class="methodname"><b>DOMNode::removeChild</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.php" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <tt class="parameter">$oldnode</tt></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
This functions removes a child from a list of children.
</p>
</div>
<a name="domnode.removechild.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">oldnode</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
The removed child.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="domnode.removechild.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
If the child could be removed the functions returns the old child.
</p>
</div>
<a name="domnode.removechild.errors"></a><div class="refsect1 errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><b><tt class="constant">DOM_NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR</tt></b></span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
Raised if this node is readonly.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><b><tt class="constant">DOM_NOT_FOUND</tt></b></span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
Raised if <i><tt class="parameter">oldnode</tt></i>
is not a child of this node.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="domnode.removechild.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
The following example will delete the chapter element of our XML document.
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 Removing a child</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$doc </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DOMDocument</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">load</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'book.xml'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$book </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">documentElement</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// we retrieve the chapter and remove it from the book<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$chapter </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$book</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getElementsByTagName</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'chapter'</span><span style="color: #007700">)-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">item</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$oldchapter </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$book</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">removeChild</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$chapter</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">saveXML</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
<div class="example-contents para"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
<?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>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div><p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="domnode.removechild.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.appendchild.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMNode::appendChild</a> - Adds new child at the end of the children</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.replacechild.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMNode::replaceChild</a> - Replaces a child</span></li>
</ul><p>
</p>
</div>
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