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<h1 class="title">The DOMCharacterData class</h1>
<div class="partintro"><p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p>
<div class="section" id="domcharacterdata.intro">
<h2 class="title">Introduction</h2>
<p class="para">
Represents nodes with character data. No nodes directly correspond to
this class, but other nodes do inherit from it.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="domcharacterdata.synopsis">
<h2 class="title">Class synopsis</h2>
<div class="classsynopsis">
<div class="ooclass"></div>
<div class="classsynopsisinfo">
<span class="ooclass">
<strong class="classname">DOMCharacterData</strong>
</span>
<span class="ooclass">
<span class="modifier">extends</span>
<a href="class.domnode.html" class="classname">DOMNode</a>
</span>
{</div>
<div class="classsynopsisinfo classsynopsisinfo_comment">/* Properties */</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">string</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.domcharacterdata.html#domcharacterdata.props.data">$<var class="varname">data</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.domcharacterdata.html#domcharacterdata.props.length">$<var class="varname">length</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="classsynopsisinfo classsynopsisinfo_comment">/* Methods */</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">void</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domcharacterdata.appenddata.html" class="methodname">appendData</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$data</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">void</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domcharacterdata.deletedata.html" class="methodname">deleteData</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$offset</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$count</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">void</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domcharacterdata.insertdata.html" class="methodname">insertData</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$offset</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$data</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">void</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domcharacterdata.replacedata.html" class="methodname">replaceData</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$offset</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$count</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$data</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domcharacterdata.substringdata.html" class="methodname">substringData</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$offset</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$count</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="classsynopsisinfo classsynopsisinfo_comment">/* Inherited methods */</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">DOMNode</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.appendchild.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::appendChild</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <code class="parameter">$newnode</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.c14n.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::C14N</a></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">bool</span> <code class="parameter">$exclusive</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">bool</span> <code class="parameter">$with_comments</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$xpath</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$ns_prefixes</code></span>
]]]] )</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.c14nfile.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::C14NFile</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$uri</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">bool</span> <code class="parameter">$exclusive</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">bool</span> <code class="parameter">$with_comments</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$xpath</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$ns_prefixes</code></span>
]]]] )</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">DOMNode</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.clonenode.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::cloneNode</a></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">bool</span> <code class="parameter">$deep</code></span>
] )</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.getlineno.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::getLineNo</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.getnodepath.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::getNodePath</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.hasattributes.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::hasAttributes</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.haschildnodes.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::hasChildNodes</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">DOMNode</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.insertbefore.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::insertBefore</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <code class="parameter">$newnode</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <code class="parameter">$refnode</code></span>
] )</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.isdefaultnamespace.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::isDefaultNamespace</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$namespaceURI</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.issamenode.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::isSameNode</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <code class="parameter">$node</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.issupported.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::isSupported</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$feature</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$version</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.lookupnamespaceuri.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::lookupNamespaceURI</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$prefix</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.lookupprefix.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::lookupPrefix</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$namespaceURI</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">void</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.normalize.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::normalize</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">DOMNode</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.removechild.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::removeChild</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <code class="parameter">$oldnode</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">DOMNode</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.replacechild.html" class="methodname">DOMNode::replaceChild</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <code class="parameter">$newnode</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <code class="parameter">$oldnode</code></span>
)</div>
}</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="domcharacterdata.props">
<h2 class="title">Properties</h2>
<dl>
<dt id="domcharacterdata.props.data">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">data</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">The contents of the node.</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="domcharacterdata.props.length">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">length</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">The length of the contents.</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section">
<h2 class="title">See Also</h2>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-DOM-Level-3-Core-20030226/DOM3-Core.html#core-ID-FF21A306" class="link external">» W3C specification of CharacterData</a></li>
</ul>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<h2>Table of Contents</h2><ul class="chunklist chunklist_reference"><li><a href="domcharacterdata.appenddata.html">DOMCharacterData::appendData</a> — Append the string to the end of the character data of the node</li><li><a href="domcharacterdata.deletedata.html">DOMCharacterData::deleteData</a> — Remove a range of characters from the node</li><li><a href="domcharacterdata.insertdata.html">DOMCharacterData::insertData</a> — Insert a string at the specified 16-bit unit offset</li><li><a href="domcharacterdata.replacedata.html">DOMCharacterData::replaceData</a> — Replace a substring within the DOMCharacterData node</li><li><a href="domcharacterdata.substringdata.html">DOMCharacterData::substringData</a> — Extracts a range of data from the node</li></ul>
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