Personally I think using a simple:[code]if($DOMNode->childNodes <>0){}[/code] works better.
DOMNode::hasChildNodes
(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DOMNode::hasChildNodes — Vérifie si le nœud possède des enfants
Description
Cette fonction vérifie si un nœud possède des enfants.
Liste de paramètres
Cette fonction ne contient aucun paramètre.
Valeurs de retour
Cette fonction retourne true en cas de succès ou false si une erreur survient.
Voir aussi
- DOMImplementation::hasFeature() - Teste si l'implémentation DOM implémente une fonctionnalité spécifique
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User Contributed Notes 5 notes
sansana ¶
14 years ago
richard dot gildx at gmail dot com ¶
12 years ago
This "hasChildNodes()" exercise is simple enough to make it clear and understandable. Or, you could take it as a tag empty check. By Richard Holm, Sweden.
<?php
$xmldoc=
'<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<root>
<text>Text</text>
<none/>
<empty></empty>
<space> </space>
</root>';
$domdoc=new DOMDocument();
$domdoc->loadXML($xmldoc);
$tag=$domdoc->getElementsByTagName('root')->item(0);
$v=$tag->hasChildNodes()?" hasChildNodes":" hasNoChildNodes";
echo $tag->tagName.$v."<br/>";
$tag=$domdoc->getElementsByTagName('text')->item(0);
$v=$tag->hasChildNodes()?" hasChildNodes":" hasNoChildNodes";
echo $tag->tagName.$v."<br/>";
$tag=$domdoc->getElementsByTagName('none')->item(0);
$v=$tag->hasChildNodes()?" hasChildNodes":" hasNoChildNodes";
echo $tag->tagName.$v."<br/>";
$tag=$domdoc->getElementsByTagName('empty')->item(0);
$v=$tag->hasChildNodes()?" hasChildNodes":" hasNoChildNodes";
echo $tag->tagName.$v."<br/>";
$tag=$domdoc->getElementsByTagName('space')->item(0);
$v=$tag->hasChildNodes()?" hasChildNodes":" hasNoChildNodes";
echo $tag->tagName.$v."<br/>";
?>
Output:
root hasChildNodes
text hasChildNodes
none hasNoChildNodes
empty hasNoChildNodes
space hasChildNodes
syngcw at syncgw.com ¶
14 years ago
This function is a bit tricky. If you want to find XML childnodes it is useless. You need to create a work-around:
<?php
$x = new DOMDocument();
$x->loadXML('
<A>
<B>b-text</B>
<C>
<D>d-text</D>
</C>
<E/>
</A>');
shownode($x->getElementsByTagName('A')->item(0));
function shownode($x) {
foreach ($x->childNodes as $p)
if (hasChild($p)) {
echo $p->nodeName.' -> CHILDNODES<br>';
shownode($p);
} elseif ($p->nodeType == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
echo $p->nodeName.' '.$p->nodeValue.'<br>';
}
function hasChild($p) {
if ($p->hasChildNodes()) {
foreach ($p->childNodes as $c) {
if ($c->nodeType == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
?>
shows:
B b-text
C -> CHILDNODES
D d-text
E
Anonymous ¶
9 years ago
Hi what if its a dynamic file and we cannot use get elements by tag name then how do we print the contents of all level tags?
jintoppy at gmail dot com ¶
15 years ago
<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument;
$node = $doc->createElement("FirstMain", "First Main Node. This have child");
$doc->appendChild($node);
$childnode = $doc->createElement("childnode", "child node");
$node->appendChild($childnode);
$secondnode = $doc->createElement("SecondMain", "First Main Node. This don't have child");
$doc->appendChild($secondnode);
$doc->saveXML();
$nodeElmt = $doc->getElementsByTagName("FirstMain");
/*
if given as $nodeElmt = $doc->getElementsByTagName("childnode");
the output would be "This node has childnodes"
if given as $nodeElmt = $doc->getElementsByTagName("SecondMain");
the output would be "This node has no childnodes"
*/
foreach($nodeElmt as $nodeElmt)
{
if($nodeElmt->hasChildNodes())
{
echo "This node has childnodes";
}
else
{
echo "This node has no childnodes";
}
}
?>
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Output:
This node has childnodes
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