DOMNode::replaceChild
(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DOMNode::replaceChild — Replaces a child
Description
This function replaces the child child
with the passed new node. If the node is already a child it
will not be added a second time. If the replacement succeeds the
old node is returned.
Parameters
-
node -
The new node. It must be a member of the target document, i.e. created by one of the DOMDocument->createXXX() methods or imported in the document by DOMDocument::importNode.
-
child -
The old node.
Return Values
The old node or false if an error occur.
Errors/Exceptions
-
DOM_NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR -
Raised if this node is readonly or if the previous parent of the node being inserted is readonly.
-
DOM_HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR -
Raised if this node is of a type that does not allow children of the type of the
nodenode, or if the node to put in is one of this node's ancestors or this node itself. -
DOM_WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR -
Raised if
nodewas created from a different document than the one that created this node. -
DOM_NOT_FOUND -
Raised if
childis not a child of this node.
See Also
- DOMChildNode::replaceWith() - Replaces the node with new nodes
- DOMNode::appendChild() - Adds new child at the end of the children
- DOMNode::removeChild() - Removes child from list of children
