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DOMElement::insertAdjacentText

(PHP 8 >= 8.3.0)

DOMElement::insertAdjacentTextInsert adjacent text

Description

public 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

No value is returned.

Examples

Example #1 DOMElement::insertAdjacentText() example

<?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:

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

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