note 56235 added to function.dom-domnode-removechild

can we directly remove a node which has some children or do we need to remove the children first. while($mytn->hasChildNodes()) { $mytn->removeChild($mytn->childNodes->item(0)); } echo $j;//this shows correct no of children echo $mytn->childNodes->length;//after removing it // shows 0..correct $dom->save(net.xml); but the changes r not reflected in the xml file ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dom-domnode-removechild.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+56235 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56235&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56235&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56235&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56235&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56235&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56235&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+56235&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php