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<h1 class="refname">DOMNode::removeChild</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DOMNode::removeChild</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Removes child from list of children
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-domnode.removechild-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DOMNode::removeChild</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <code class="parameter">$oldnode</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
This functions removes a child from a list of children.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-domnode.removechild-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">oldnode</code></em></span>
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<p class="para">
The removed child.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-domnode.removechild-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
If the child could be removed the function returns the old child.
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<div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-domnode.removechild-errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><strong><code>DOM_NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Raised if this node is readonly.
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</dd>
</dt>
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<span class="term"><strong><code>DOM_NOT_FOUND</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Raised if <em><code class="parameter">oldnode</code></em> is not a child of this node.
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-domnode.removechild-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
The following example will delete the <em>chapter</em> element of our XML document.
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<p><strong>Example #1 Removing a child</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$doc </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DOMDocument</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">load</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'book.xml'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$book </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">documentElement</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// we retrieve the chapter and remove it from the book<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$chapter </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$book</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getElementsByTagName</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'chapter'</span><span style="color: #007700">)-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">item</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$oldchapter </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$book</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">removeChild</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$chapter</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">saveXML</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<book id="listing">
<title>My lists</title>
</book>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-domnode.removechild-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.appendchild.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMNode::appendChild()</a> - Adds new child at the end of the children</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.replacechild.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMNode::replaceChild()</a> - Replaces a child</span></li>
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