note 88795 modified in domnode.insertbefore by danbrown

A very usual needed function is "appendSibling" to insert a node just before another one : <?php /** * @param DOMNode $newnode Node to insert next to $ref * @param DOMNode $ref Reference node * @requires $ref has a parent node * @return DOMNode the real node inserted */ function appendSibling(DOMNode $newnode, DOMNode $ref) { if ($ref->nextSibling) { // $ref has an immediate brother : insert newnode before this one return $ref->parentNode->insertBefore($newnode, $ref->nextSibling); } else { // $ref has no brother next to him : insert newnode as last child of his parent return $ref->parentNode->appendChild($newnode); } } ?> --was-- A very usual needed function is "appendSibling" to insert a node just before another one : <?php /** * @param DOMNode $newnode Node to insert next to $ref * @param DOMNode $ref Reference node * @requires $ref has a parent node * @return DOMNode the real node inserted */ function appendSibling(DOMNode $newnode, DOMNode $ref) { if ($ref->nextSibling) { // $ref has an immediate brother : insert newnode before this one return $ref->parentNode->insertBefore($newnode, $ref->nextSibling); } else { // $ref has no brother next to him : insert newnode as last child of his parent return $ref->parentNode->appendChild($newnode); } } http://php.net/manual/en/domnode.insertbefore.php