PHP – XML: Removing Node

PHP XML Tips – Part 8: Do you want to remove child from exist XML? You can use removeChild(). Look at this:

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<?php

02	$file = "books.xml";

03	$fp = fopen($file, "rb") or die("cannot open file");

04	$str = fread($fp, filesize($file));

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08	$xml = new DOMDocument();

09	$xml->formatOutput = true;

10	$xml->preserveWhiteSpace = false;

11	$xml->loadXML($str) or die("Error");

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13	// original

14	echo "<xmp>OLD:\n". $xml->saveXML() ."</xmp>";

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16	// get document element

17	$root   = $xml->documentElement;

18	$fnode  = $root->firstChild;

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20	//get a node

21	$ori    = $fnode->childNodes->item(1);

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// remove

24	$fnode->removeChild($ori);

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26	echo "<xmp>NEW:\n". $xml->saveXML() ."</xmp>";

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?>

Books.xml, you can see at this.

Result, like this:

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