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The DOMCharacterData class

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Introduction

Represents nodes with character data. No nodes directly correspond to this class, but other nodes do inherit from it.

Class synopsis

class DOMCharacterData extends DOMNode implements DOMChildNode {
/* Inherited constants */
/* Properties */
public string $data;
public readonly int $length;
/* Inherited properties */
public readonly string $nodeName;
public readonly int $nodeType;
public readonly ?DOMNode $parentNode;
public readonly ?DOMElement $parentElement;
public readonly DOMNodeList $childNodes;
public readonly ?DOMNode $firstChild;
public readonly ?DOMNode $lastChild;
public readonly ?DOMNode $previousSibling;
public readonly ?DOMNode $nextSibling;
public readonly ?DOMNamedNodeMap $attributes;
public readonly bool $isConnected;
public readonly ?DOMDocument $ownerDocument;
public readonly ?string $namespaceURI;
public string $prefix;
public readonly ?string $localName;
public readonly ?string $baseURI;
/* Methods */
public function after(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
public function appendData(string $data): true
public function before(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
public function deleteData(int $offset, int $count): bool
public function insertData(int $offset, string $data): bool
public function remove(): void
public function replaceData(int $offset, int $count, string $data): bool
public function replaceWith(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
public function substringData(int $offset, int $count): string|false
/* Inherited methods */
public function DOMNode::appendChild(DOMNode $node): DOMNode|false
public function DOMNode::C14N(
    bool $exclusive = false,
    bool $withComments = false,
    ?array $xpath = null,
    ?array $nsPrefixes = null
): string|false
public function DOMNode::C14NFile(
    string $uri,
    bool $exclusive = false,
    bool $withComments = false,
    ?array $xpath = null,
    ?array $nsPrefixes = null
): int|false
public function DOMNode::cloneNode(bool $deep = false): DOMNode|false
public function DOMNode::getLineNo(): int
public function DOMNode::getNodePath(): ?string
public function DOMNode::getRootNode(?array $options = null): DOMNode
public function DOMNode::hasAttributes(): bool
public function DOMNode::hasChildNodes(): bool
public function DOMNode::insertBefore(DOMNode $node, ?DOMNode $child = null): DOMNode|false
public function DOMNode::isDefaultNamespace(string $namespace): bool
public function DOMNode::isEqualNode(?DOMNode $otherNode): bool
public function DOMNode::isSameNode(DOMNode $otherNode): bool
public function DOMNode::isSupported(string $feature, string $version): bool
public function DOMNode::lookupNamespaceURI(?string $prefix): ?string
public function DOMNode::lookupPrefix(string $namespace): ?string
public function DOMNode::normalize(): void
public function DOMNode::removeChild(DOMNode $child): DOMNode|false
public function DOMNode::replaceChild(DOMNode $node, DOMNode $child): DOMNode|false
public function DOMNode::__sleep(): array
public function DOMNode::__wakeup(): void
}

Properties

data

The contents of the node.

length

The length of the contents.

nextElementSibling

The next sibling element or null.

previousElementSibling

The previous sibling element or null.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 The nextElementSibling and previousElementSibling properties have been added.
8.0.0 DOMCharacterData implements DOMChildNode now.

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