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DOMElement::insertAdjacentText

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(PHP 8 >= 8.3.0)

Insert adjacent text

Description

DOMElement::insertAdjacentText(string $where, string $data): void

Inserts text at a relative position given by where.

Parameters

where
  • beforebegin - Insert before the target element.
  • afterbegin - Insert as the first child of the target element.
  • beforeend - Insert as the last child of the target element.
  • afterend - Insert after the target element.
data

The string to insert.

Return Values

Void

Examples

DOMElement::insertAdjacentText example

php
<?php

$dom = new DOMDocument();
$dom->loadXML('<?xml version="1.0"?><container><p>H</p></container>');

$container = $dom->documentElement;
$p = $container->firstElementChild;

$p->insertAdjacentText("afterbegin", "P");
$p->insertAdjacentText("beforeend", "P");

echo $dom->saveXML();
?>

The above example will output:

output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<container><p>PHP</p></container>

See Also

  • DOMElement::insertAdjacentElement

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