DOMDocument::registerNodeClass

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DOMDocument::registerNodeClassRegister extended class used to create base node type

Description

public DOMDocument::registerNodeClass(string $baseClass, ?string $extendedClass): bool

This method allows you to register your own extended DOM class to be used afterward by the PHP DOM extension.

This method is not part of the DOM standard.

Parameters

baseClass

The DOM class that you want to extend. You can find a list of these classes in the chapter introduction.

extendedClass

Your extended class name. If null is provided, any previously registered class extending baseClass will be removed.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Adding a new method to DOMElement to ease our code

<?php

class myElement extends DOMElement {
   function 
appendElement($name) { 
      return 
$this->appendChild(new myElement($name));
   }
}

class 
myDocument extends DOMDocument {
   function 
setRoot($name) { 
      return 
$this->appendChild(new myElement($name));
   }
}

$doc = new myDocument();
$doc->registerNodeClass('DOMElement''myElement');

// From now on, adding an element to another costs only one method call ! 
$root $doc->setRoot('root');
$child $root->appendElement('child');
$child->setAttribute('foo''bar');

echo 
$doc->saveXML();

?>

The above example will output:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root><child foo="bar"/></root>

Example #2 Retrieving elements as custom class

<?php
class myElement extends DOMElement {
    public function 
__toString() {
        return 
$this->nodeValue;
    }
}

$doc = new DOMDocument;
$doc->loadXML("<root><element><child>text in child</child></element></root>");
$doc->registerNodeClass("DOMElement""myElement");

$element $doc->getElementsByTagName("child")->item(0);
var_dump(get_class($element));

// And take advantage of the __toString method..
echo $element;
?>

The above example will output:

string(9) "myElement"
text in child

Example #3 Retrieving owner document

When instantiating a custom DOMDocument the ownerDocument property will refer to the instantiated class. However, if all references to that class are removed, it will be destroyed and new DOMDocument will be created instead. For that reason you might use DOMDocument::registerNodeClass() with DOMDocument

<?php
class MyDOMDocument extends DOMDocument {
}

class 
MyOtherDOMDocument extends DOMDocument {
}

// Create MyDOMDocument with some XML
$doc = new MyDOMDocument;
$doc->loadXML("<root><element><child>text in child</child></element></root>");

$child $doc->getElementsByTagName("child")->item(0);

// The current owner of the node is MyDOMDocument
var_dump(get_class($child->ownerDocument));
// MyDOMDocument is destroyed
unset($doc);
// And new DOMDocument instance is created
var_dump(get_class($child->ownerDocument));

// Import a node from MyDOMDocument
$newdoc = new MyOtherDOMDocument;
$child $newdoc->importNode($child);

// Register custom DOMDocument
$newdoc->registerNodeClass("DOMDocument""MyOtherDOMDocument");

var_dump(get_class($child->ownerDocument));
unset(
$doc);
// New MyOtherDOMDocument is created
var_dump(get_class($child->ownerDocument));
?>

The above example will output:

string(13) "MyDOMDocument"
string(11) "DOMDocument"
string(18) "MyOtherDOMDocument"
string(18) "MyOtherDOMDocument"

Example #4 Custom objects are transient

Caution

Objects of the registered node classes are transient, i.e. they are destroyed when they are no longer referenced from PHP code, and recreated when being retrieved again. That implies that custom property values will be lost after recreation.

<?php
class MyDOMElement extends DOMElement
{
    public 
$myProp 'default value';
}

$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->registerNodeClass('DOMElement''MyDOMElement');

$node $doc->createElement('a');
$node->myProp 'modified value';
$doc->appendChild($node);

echo 
$doc->childNodes[0]->myPropPHP_EOL;
unset(
$node);
echo 
$doc->childNodes[0]->myPropPHP_EOL;
?>

The above example will output:

modified value
default value

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