note 90292 added to domnode.removechild

From: Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:50:04 +0000
Subject: note 90292 added to domnode.removechild
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You can't remove DOMNodes from a DOMNodeList as you're iterating over them in a foreach loop. For example... $domNodeList = $domDocument->getElementsByTagname('p'); foreach ( $domNodeList as $domElement ) { ...do stuff with $domElement... $domElement->parentNode->removeChild($domElement); } ... will seemingly leave the internal iterator on the foreach out of wack and results will be quite strange. Though, making a queue of items to remove seems to work. For example... $domNodeList = $domDocument->getElementsByTagname('p'); $domElemsToRemove = array(); foreach ( $domNodeList as $domElement ) { ...do stuff with $domElement... $domElemsToRemove[] = $domElement; } foreach( $domElemsToRemove as $domElement ){ $domElement->parentNode->removeChild($domElement); } ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 98.193.0.14 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/domnode.removechild.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/90292 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90292/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90292/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90292/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90292/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90292/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90292/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90292 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/90292 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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