Insert adjacent element
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    DOMElement::insertAdjacentElement

    (PHP 8 >= 8.3.0)

    DOMElement::insertAdjacentElement — Insert adjacent element

    Description

    public DOMElement::insertAdjacentElement(string $where, DOMElement $element): ?DOMElement

    Inserts an element at a relative position given by where.

    Parameters

    where

    • beforebegin - Insert before the target element.
    • afterbegin - Insert as the first child of the target element.
    • beforeend - Insert as the last child of the target element.
    • afterend - Insert after the target element.

    element

    The element to insert.

    Return Values

    Return DOMElement or null on failure.

    Examples

    Example #1 DOMElement::insertAdjacentElement() example

    <?php$dom = new DOMDocument();$dom->loadXML('<?xml version="1.0"?><container><p>foo</p></container>');$container = $dom->documentElement;$p = $container->firstElementChild;$p->insertAdjacentElement('beforebegin', $dom->createElement('A'));echo $dom->saveXML();?>

    The above example will output:

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
<container><A/><p>foo</p></container>

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