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# DomNode->remove_child

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DomNode->remove_child -- Removes child from list of children

## Description

object DomNode->remove_child ( object oldchild)

This functions removes a child from a list of children. If child cannot be removed or is not a child the function will return false. If the child could be removed the functions returns the old child.

Example 1. Removing a child

    <?php
    include("example.inc");

    if(!$dom = domxml_open_mem($xmlstr)) {
      echo "Error while parsing the document\n";
      exit;
    }

    $elements = $dom->get_elements_by_tagname("tbody");
    $element = $elements[0];
    $children = $element->child_nodes();
    $child = $element->remove_child($children[0]);

    echo "<PRE>";
    $xmlfile = $dom->dump_mem(true);
    echo htmlentities($xmlfile);
    echo "</PRE>";
    ?>

See also DomNode_append_child().

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