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DOMNode::getRootNode

(PHP 8 >= 8.3.0)

DOMNode::getRootNode — Get root node

Description

public function DOMNode::getRootNode(?array $options = null): DOMNode

Get root node.

Parameters

options

This parameter has no effect yet.

Return Values

Returns the root node.

Examples

Example #1 DOMNode::getRootNode() example

<?php

$dom = new DOMDocument();
$dom->loadXML('<?xml version="1.0"?><html><body/></html>');

var_dump($dom->documentElement->firstElementChild->getRootNode() === $dom);
?>

The above example will output:

bool(true)

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