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DOMElement::before

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(PHP 8)

Adds nodes before the element

Description

DOMElement::before(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void

Adds the passed nodes before the element.

Examples

DOMElement::before example

Adds nodes before the hello element.

php
<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument;
$doc->loadXML("<world/>");
$world = $doc->documentElement;

$world->before("hello", $doc->createElement("beautiful"));

echo $doc->saveXML();
?>

The above example will output:

output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
hello
<beautiful/>
<world/>

See Also

  • DOMChildNode::before
  • DOMElement::after

Source: reference/dom/domelement/before.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)