note 86529 added to class.domcharacterdata

How can I take a NodeList element and retrieve the full text of it? For example: A nodeList item can be: <a href="www.w3cx.org"> <img src="www.w3c.org/favicon.ico"/> </a> I want to 'echo' this text, and not to output the rendered html. how can i do this? ---- Server IP: 213.92.11.19 Probable Submitter: 89.148.153.157 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.domcharacterdata.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/86529 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86529/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86529/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86529/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86529/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86529/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86529/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86529 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/86529 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php