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<h1 class="refname">DOMElement::getElementsByTagName</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DOMElement::getElementsByTagName</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets elements by tagname</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.domnodelist.html" class="type DOMNodeList">DOMNodeList</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DOMElement::getElementsByTagName</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span>
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This function returns a new instance of the class
<a href="class.domnodelist.html" class="classname">DOMNodeList</a> of all descendant elements with a
given tag <em><code class="parameter">name</code></em>, in the order in which they are
encountered in a preorder traversal of this element tree.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">name</code></em></span>
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The tag name. Use <em>*</em> to return all elements within
the element tree.
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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This function returns a new instance of the class
<a href="class.domnodelist.html" class="classname">DOMNodeList</a> of all matched elements.
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domelement.getelementsbytagnamens.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMElement::getElementsByTagNameNS()</a> - Get elements by namespaceURI and localName</span></li>
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