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<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">XMLReader::expand</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns a copy of the current node as a DOM object</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span>
<span class="methodname"><strong>XMLReader::expand</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <code class="parameter">$basenode</code></span>
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This method copies the current node and returns the appropriate DOM object.
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The resulting <a href="class.domnode.html" class="classname">DOMNode</a> or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error.
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