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DOM
Installing/Configuring
Predefined Constants
Examples
DOMAttr
DOMCdataSection
DOMCharacterData
DOMChildNode
DOMComment
DOMDocument
DOMDocumentFragment
DOMDocumentType
DOMElement
DOMEntity
DOMEntityReference
DOMException
DOMImplementation
DOMNamedNodeMap
DOMNameSpaceNode
DOMNode
DOMNodeList
DOMNotation
DOMParentNode
DOMProcessingInstruction
DOMText
DOMXPath
Dom\AdjacentPosition
Dom\Attr
Dom\CDATASection
Dom\CharacterData
Dom\ChildNode
Dom\Comment
Dom\Document
Dom\DocumentFragment
Dom\DocumentType
Dom\DtdNamedNodeMap
Dom\Element
Dom\Entity
Dom\EntityReference
Dom\HTMLCollection
Dom\HTMLDocument
Dom\HTMLElement
Dom\Implementation
Dom\NamedNodeMap
Dom\NamespaceInfo
Dom\Node
Dom\NodeList
Dom\Notation
Dom\ParentNode
Dom\ProcessingInstruction
Dom\Text
Dom\TokenList
Dom\XMLDocument
Dom\XPath
DOM Functions
Dom\Entity
Dom\HTMLCollection
DOM
Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026
The Dom\EntityReference class
(PHP 8 >= 8.4.0)
Introduction
This is the modern, spec-compliant equivalent of
DOMEntityReference
.
Class synopsis
class
Dom\EntityReference
extends
Dom\Node
{
/* Inherited constants */
public
const
int
Dom\Node::DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED
= 0x1
;
public
const
int
Dom\Node::DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING
= 0x2
;
public
const
int
Dom\Node::DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING
= 0x4
;
public
const
int
Dom\Node::DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS
= 0x8
;
public
const
int
Dom\Node::DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY
= 0x10
;
public
const
int
Dom\Node::DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC
= 0x20
;
/* Inherited properties */
public
readonly
int
$
nodeType
;
public
readonly
string
$
nodeName
;
public
readonly
string
$
baseURI
;
public
readonly
bool
$
isConnected
;
public
readonly
?
Dom\Document
$
ownerDocument
;
public
readonly
?
Dom\Node
$
parentNode
;
public
readonly
?
Dom\Element
$
parentElement
;
public
readonly
Dom\NodeList
$
childNodes
;
public
readonly
?
Dom\Node
$
firstChild
;
public
readonly
?
Dom\Node
$
lastChild
;
public
readonly
?
Dom\Node
$
previousSibling
;
public
readonly
?
Dom\Node
$
nextSibling
;
public
?
string
$
nodeValue
;
public
?
string
$
textContent
;
/* Inherited methods */
/* Not documented yet */
}
Dom\Entity
Dom\HTMLCollection
DOM
Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026