DOMNodelist::item
DOMNodelist::item
(PHP 5, PHP 7)
DOMNodelist::item — Retrieves a node specified by index
Description
DOMElement DOMNodelist::item ( int $index )
Retrieves a node specified by index
within the DOMNodeList object.
If you need to know the number of nodes in the collection, use the length property of the DOMNodeList object.
Parameters
-
index
-
Index of the node into the collection.
Return Values
The node at the index
th position in the DOMNodeList, or NULL
if that is not a valid index.
Examples
Example #1 Traversing all the entries of the table
<?php $doc = new DOMDocument; $doc->load('book.xml'); $items = $doc->getElementsByTagName('entry'); for ($i = 0; $i < $items->length; $i++) { echo $items->item($i)->nodeValue . "\n"; } ?>
Alternatively, you can use foreach, which is a much more convenient way:
<?php foreach ($items as $item) { echo $item->nodeValue . "\n"; } ?>
The above example will output:
Title Author Language ISBN The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck en 0140186409 The Pearl John Steinbeck en 014017737X Samarcande Amine Maalouf fr 2253051209
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Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v3.0 or later.
https://secure.php.net/manual/en/domnodelist.item.php