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# DOMDocument->getElementById()

DOMDocument->getElementById() -- Searches for an element with a certain id

## Описание

class DOMDocument {
DOMElement getElementById ( string elementId )
}

This function is similar to DOMDocument->getElementsByTagName() but searches for an element with a given id.

According to the DOM standard this requires a DTD which defines the attribute ID to be of type ID. You need to validate your document with DOMDocument->validate() or DOMDocument->validateOnParse before using this function.

## Список параметров

elementId

  The unique id value for an element.

## Возвращаемые значения

Returns the DOMElement or `NULL` if the element is not found.

## Примеры

Пример 1. DOMDocument->getElementById() Example
`<?php $doc = new DomDocument; // We need to validate our document before refering to the id $doc->validateOnParse = true; $doc->Load('book.xml'); echo "The element whose id is books is: " . $doc->getElementById('books')->tagName . "\n"; ?>`
Результат выполнения данного примера:
    The element whose id is books is: chapter

## Смотрите также

DOMDocument->getElementsByTagName()

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DOMDocument->createTextNode() | Уровень выше | DOMDocument->getElementsByTagName()