domxml_root

(PHP 4 >= 4.0b4)

domxml_root --  Returns root element node

Description

object domxml_root (array doc)

Returns element node located at the root of a an DOM document. There are actually other possible nodes like comments which currently disregarded.

The following example returns just the element with name CHAPTER and prints it. The other root node -- the comment -- is not returned.

Example 1. Retrieving root element

<?php
$xmlstr = "<?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM '/share/sgml/Norman_Walsh/db3xml10/db3xml10.dtd'
[ <!ENTITY sp \"spanish\">
]>
<!-- lsfj  -->
<chapter language='en'><title language='en'>Title</title>
 <para language='ge'>
  &sp;
  <!-- comment -->
  <informaltable language='&sp;'>
   <tgroup cols='3'>
    <tbody>
     <row><entry>a1</entry><entry
morerows='1'>b1</entry><entry>c1</entry></row>
<row><entry>a2</entry><entry>c2</entry></row>
     <row><entry>a3</entry><entry>b3</entry><entry>c3</entry></row>
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
 </para>
</chapter>";

if(!$dom = xmldoc($xmlstr)) {
  echo "Error while parsing the document\n";
  exit;
}

$root = $dom->root();
print_r($root);
?>