DOMNode::getNodePath
PHP function
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(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Get an XPath for a node
Description
DOMNode::getNodePath(): string|null
Gets an XPath location path for the node.
Parameters Parameters
Return Values
Returns a string containing the XPath, or null in case of an error.
Examples
DOMNode::getNodePath example
php
<?php
// Create a new DOMDocument instance
$dom = new DOMDocument;
// Load the XML
$dom->loadXML('
<fruits>
<apples>
<apple>braeburn</apple>
<apple>granny smith</apple>
</apples>
<pears>
<pear>conference</pear>
</pears>
</fruits>
');
// Print XPath for each element
foreach ($dom->getElementsByTagName('*') as $node) {
echo $node->getNodePath() . "\n";
}
?>The above example will output:
output
/fruits
/fruits/apples
/fruits/apples/apple[1]
/fruits/apples/apple[2]
/fruits/pears
/fruits/pears/pearSee Also
DOMXPath