DomDocument->document_element

Description

This function returns the root element node of a document.

The following example returns just the element with name CHAPTER and prints it. The other node -- the comment -- is not returned.

Example 1. Retrieving root element <?php include("example.inc"); if(!$dom = domxml_open_mem($xmlstr)) { echo "Error while parsing the document\n"; exit; } $root = $dom->document_element(); print_r($root); ?>