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); ?> The above example will output: domelement Object ( [type] => 1 [tagname] => chapter [0] => 6 [1] => 137960648 )