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DOMElement::getElementsByTagName

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

DOMElement::getElementsByTagName — Gets elements by tagname

Description

public DOMNodeList DOMElement::getElementsByTagName ( string $name )

This function returns a new instance of the class DOMNodeList of all descendant elements with a given tag name, in the order in which they are encountered in a preorder traversal of this element tree.

Parameters

name

The tag name. Use * to return all elements within the element tree.

Return Values

This function returns a new instance of the class DOMNodeList of all matched elements.

See Also

DOMElement
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