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PHP : Function Reference : DOM Functions : DOMNode->cloneNode()

DOMNode->cloneNode()

Clones a node ()

DOMNode {
  DOMNode cloneNode(bool deep);
}

Creates a copy of the node.

Parameters

deep

Indicates whether to copy all descendant nodes. This parameter is defaulted to FALSE.

Return Values

The cloned node.

Code Examples / Notes » dom_domnode_clonenode

oliver dot christen

simple exemple of node cloning
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<book type="paperback">
<title name='MAP'>Red Nails</title>
<price>$12.99</price>
<author>
<name first="Robert" middle="E" last="Howard"/>
<birthdate>9/21/1977</birthdate>
</author>
<author>
<name first="Arthur" middle="Mc" last="Kayn"/>
</author>
</book>
<?php
//filename xml file to use
$file = 'book.xml';
$doc = new domDocument;
if (file_exists($file)) {
$doc->load($file);
} else {
exit('Erreur !.');
}
$xpath = new domXPath($doc);
$query = "//author/*";
$xpathQuery = $xpath->query($query);
$size = $xpathQuery->length;
for ($i=0; $i<$size; $i++){
$node = $xpathQuery->item($i);
if ($node->nodeName == 'birthdate' && $node->hasChildNodes() && $node->firstChild->textContent != ''){
$clonenode = $node->cloneNode(true);
$refnode = $node;
}
}
for ($i=0; $i<$size; $i++){
$node = $xpathQuery->item($i);
if (!$node->isSameNode($refnode)){
$newnode = $node->appendChild($clonenode);
}
}
print $doc->saveXML();
?>


dtorop932

For those converting from PHP 4 DOM XML to PHP 5 DOM extension:
In the old days, DOM XML's clone_node() was the way to copy nodes from one DOM to another, as well as to perform intra-DOM copies.  Nowadays, DOM's cloneNode() is the intra-DOM solution, but see importNode() (http://php.net/dom-domdocument-importnode) to copy nodes from one DOM to another.
So to append root node of $dom2 and all its children into root node of $dom1:
PHP 4 (DOM XML):
<?
$root1 = $dom1->document_element();
$other_node = $dom2->document_element();
$root1->append_child($other_node->clone_node(true));
?>
PHP 5 (DOM):
<?
$dom1->documentElement->appendChild(
 $dom1->importNode($dom2->documentElement, true));
?>


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