DOM XML (PHP 4) Functions
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DomNode::parent_node

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0)

DomNode::parent_node Returns the parent of the node

Description

domnode DomNode::parent_node ( void )

This function returns the parent node.

(PHP >= 4.3 only) If no parent is found, NULL is returned.

The following example will show two identical lists of children.

Example #1 Finding the document of a node

<?php
$doc 
domxml_new_doc("1.0");
$node $doc->create_element("para");
$node $doc->append_child($node);
$children $doc->children();
print_r($children);

$doc2 $node->parent_node();
$children $doc2->children();
print_r($children);
?>


DOM XML (PHP 4) Functions
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