PHP | DOMElement getAttributeNode() Function

The DOMElement::getAttributeNode() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to get the attribute node with name, for the current element. Syntax:

DOMAttr DOMElement::getAttributeNode( string $name )

Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $name which holds the name of the attribute. Return Value: This function returns an DOMAttr value containing the attribute node. Below examples illustrate the DOMElement::getAttributeNode() function in PHP: Example 1:

php

<?php

// Create a new DOMDocument
$dom = new DOMDocument();

// Load the XML
$dom->loadXML("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>
<body>
    <div attr=\"value\"> DIV 1 </div>
</body>");

// Get the elements by tagname
$elements = $dom->getElementsByTagName('div');

// Get the attribute node
$node = $elements[0]->getAttributeNode('attr');

// Extract name
$name = $node->name;

// Extract value
$value = $node->value;

echo $name . " => " . $value . "<br>";
?>

Output:

attr => value

Example 2:

php

<?php

// Create a new DOMDocument
$dom = new DOMDocument();

// Load the XML
$dom->loadXML("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>
<body>
    <div id=\"div1\"> DIV 1 </div>
    <div id=\"div2\"> DIV 2 </div>
    <div id=\"div3\"> DIV 3 </div>
</body>");

// Get the elements by tagname
$elements = $dom->getElementsByTagName('div');

// Get the id of a element
echo "All the divs with id values are: <br>";
foreach ($elements as $element) {
    // Get the attribute node
    $node = $element->getAttributeNode('id');

    // Extract name
    $name = $node->name;

    // Extract value
    $value = $node->value;
    
    echo $name . " => " . $value . "<br>";
}
?>

Output:

All the divs with id values are:
id => div1
id => div2
id => div3

Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domelement.getattributenode.php

PHP | DOMElement getAttributeNode() Function

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