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# DomNode->remove_child

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

## Description

domtext DomNode->remove_child ( domtext 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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