note 69607 added to function.dom-domdocument-importnode

As of PHP 5.1.6 with libxml 2.6.26 and DOM/XML API version 20031129, importNode() does nothing if attempting to import from the same document. Meaning, if you do an $ret = importNode and then appendChild($ret) or insertBefore($ret, ...) then you will end up *moving* the node instead of ending up with a copy. If you expect importNode to give you a copy of the source (in this case, a deep copy) then you must account for them being from the same document. This function addresses this: <? // Import $b into $a's document function myimport($a, $b) { if ($a->ownerDocument->isSameNode($b->ownerDocument)) { $temp = new DOMDocument(); $ret = $temp->importNode($b, TRUE); return $a->ownerDocument->importNode($ret, TRUE); } else { return $a->ownerDocument->importNode($b, TRUE); } } ?> (Function was freshly coded for this note but I based it off another, working function of mine.) This function checks if the documents are the same and uses a new document (guaranteed to be different this way) to force a copy into $temp and then force a copy back into $a->ownerDocument. Obviously, no error checking has been done. ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 65.125.133.211 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dom-domdocument-importnode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/69607 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/69607/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/69607/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/69607/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/69607/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/69607/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/69607/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/69607 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/69607 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php