PHP dom_domdocument_getelementbyid function

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DOMDocument->getElementById()

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

DOMDocument->getElementById() — Searches for an element with a certain idDescriptionclass DOMDocument {

DOMElement getElementById ( string elementId )

}

This function is similar to
DOMDocument->getElementsByTagName() but
searches for an element with a given id.

For this function to work, you will need either to set some ID attributes
with DOMElement->setIdAttribute()
or a DTD which defines an attribute to be of type ID.
In the later case, you will need to validate your document with
DOMDocument->validate()
or DOMDocument->validateOnParse before using this function.

Parameters

elementId

The unique id value for an element.


Return Values

Returns the DOMElement or NULL if the element is
not found.

Examples

Example 1. DOMDocument->getElementById() Example

 
$doc = new DomDocument;
 
// We need to validate our document before refering to the id
$doc->validateOnParse = true;
$doc->Load('book.xml');
 
echo "The element whose id is books is: " . $doc->getElementById('books')->tagName . "\n";

The above example will output:

The element whose id is books is: chapterSee Also

DOMDocument->getElementsByTagName()


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Published:
2.26.07 / 1am
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