note 51480 added to function.dom-domxpath-registernamespace

It is mentioned in a few places on the web, but it wasn't mentioned here. You need to use this function to set up a prefix for the default namespace of a document. For instance, if you are trying to parse a Microsoft Spreadsheet XML file, which has the default namespace of "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet": $doc = DOMDocument::load("my_spreadsheet.xml); $xpath = new DOMXPath($doc); $xpath->registerNamespace("m", "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"); $query = '/m:Workbook/m:Worksheet[1]/m:Table'; $result = $xpath->query($query, $doc); You can use anything in place of the 'm', but you have to specify something! Just asking for "/Workbook/Worksheet/Table" doesn't work. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dom-domxpath-registernamespace.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+51480 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51480&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51480&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51480&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51480&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51480&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+51480&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php