DOMNode::getNodePath

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

DOMNode::getNodePathGet 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

<?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 elementforeach ($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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