DOMNode::getNodePath

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DOMNode::getNodePath — Get an XPath for a node

Description

public DOMNode::getNodePath(): ?string

Gets an XPath location path for the node.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns a string containing the XPath, or null in case of an error.

Examples

Example #1 DOMNode::getNodePath() example

// Create a new DOMDocument instance
$dom = new DOMDocument;

// Load the XML
$dom->loadXML('

 
  braeburn
  granny smith
 
 
  conference
 

');

// Print XPath for each element
foreach ($dom->getElementsByTagName('*') as $node) {
    echo $node->getNodePath() . "\n";
}
?>

The above example will output:

/fruits
/fruits/apples
/fruits/apples/apple[1]
/fruits/apples/apple[2]
/fruits/pears
/fruits/pears/pear

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