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The DOMCharacterData class

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Introduction

Represents nodes with character data. No nodes directly correspond to this class, but other nodes do inherit from it.

Class synopsis

classDOMCharacterDataextendsDOMNodeimplementsDOMChildNode {

publicstring$data;

publicreadonlyint$length;

publicreadonly?DOMElement$previousElementSibling;

publicreadonly?DOMElement$nextElementSibling;

publicreadonlystring$nodeName;

public?string$nodeValue;

publicreadonlyint$nodeType;

publicreadonly?DOMNode$parentNode;

publicreadonly?DOMElement$parentElement;

publicreadonlyDOMNodeList$childNodes;

publicreadonly?DOMNode$firstChild;

publicreadonly?DOMNode$lastChild;

publicreadonly?DOMNode$previousSibling;

publicreadonly?DOMNode$nextSibling;

publicreadonly?DOMNamedNodeMap$attributes;

publicreadonlybool$isConnected;

publicreadonly?DOMDocument$ownerDocument;

publicreadonly?string$namespaceURI;

publicstring$prefix;

publicreadonly?string$localName;

publicreadonly?string$baseURI;

publicstring$textContent;

publicafter(DOMNode|string...$nodes): void

publicappendData(string$data): true

publicbefore(DOMNode|string...$nodes): void

publicdeleteData(int$offset, int$count): bool

publicinsertData(int$offset, string$data): bool

publicremove(): void

publicreplaceData(int$offset, int$count, string$data): bool

publicreplaceWith(DOMNode|string...$nodes): void

publicsubstringData(int$offset, int$count): string|false

publicDOMNode::appendChild(DOMNode$node): DOMNode|false

publicDOMNode::C14N(
    bool$exclusive = false,
    bool$withComments = false,
    ?array$xpath = null,
    ?array$nsPrefixes = null
): string|false

publicDOMNode::C14NFile(
    string$uri,
    bool$exclusive = false,
    bool$withComments = false,
    ?array$xpath = null,
    ?array$nsPrefixes = null
): int|false

publicDOMNode::cloneNode(bool$deep = false): DOMNode|false

publicDOMNode::contains(DOMNode|DOMNameSpaceNode|null$other): bool

publicDOMNode::getLineNo(): int

publicDOMNode::getNodePath(): ?string

publicDOMNode::getRootNode(?array$options = null): DOMNode

publicDOMNode::hasAttributes(): bool

publicDOMNode::hasChildNodes(): bool

publicDOMNode::insertBefore(DOMNode$node, ?DOMNode$child = null): DOMNode|false

publicDOMNode::isDefaultNamespace(string$namespace): bool

publicDOMNode::isEqualNode(?DOMNode$otherNode): bool

publicDOMNode::isSameNode(DOMNode$otherNode): bool

publicDOMNode::isSupported(string$feature, string$version): bool

publicDOMNode::lookupNamespaceURI(?string$prefix): ?string

publicDOMNode::lookupPrefix(string$namespace): ?string

publicDOMNode::normalize(): void

publicDOMNode::removeChild(DOMNode$child): DOMNode|false

publicDOMNode::replaceChild(DOMNode$node, DOMNode$child): DOMNode|false

}

Properties

data: The contents of the node.
length: The length of the contents.
nextElementSibling: The next sibling element or null.
previousElementSibling: The previous sibling element or null.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	The `nextElementSibling` and `previousElementSibling` properties have been added.
8.0.0	DOMCharacterData implements DOMChildNode now.

See Also

» W3C specification of CharacterData

Table of Contents

DOMCharacterData::after — Adds nodes after the character data
DOMCharacterData::appendData — Append the string to the end of the character data of the node
DOMCharacterData::before — Adds nodes before the node
DOMCharacterData::deleteData — Remove a range of characters from the node
DOMCharacterData::insertData — Insert a string at the specified 16-bit unit offset
DOMCharacterData::remove — Removes the character data
DOMCharacterData::replaceData — Replace a substring within the DOMCharacterData node
DOMCharacterData::replaceWith — Replaces the character data with new nodes
DOMCharacterData::substringData — Extracts a range of data from the node