PHP | DOMElement removeAttribute() Function
The DOMElement::removeAttribute() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to remove a attribute with specific name from the element.
Syntax:
bool DOMElement::removeAttribute( string $name )
Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $name which holds the name of the attribute.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Exceptions: This function throws DOM_NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR, if the node is read-only.
Below examples illustrate the DOMElement::removeAttribute() function in PHP:
Example 1:
<?php // Create a new DOMDocument $dom = new DOMDocument(); // Load the XML $dom->loadXML("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?> <root> <html> <h1 id=\"my_id\"> Geeksforzambiatek </h1> <h2> Second heading </h2> </html> </root>"); // Get the elements $node = $dom->getElementsByTagName('h1')[0]; echo "Before the removal of attributes: <br>"; // Get the attribute name and value $attribute = $node->attributes->item(0); $attribute_name = $attribute->name; $attribute_value = $attribute->value; echo $attribute_name . ' => '; echo $attribute_value; // Remove the id attribute $node->removeAttribute('id'); echo "<br>After the removal of attributes: <br>"; // Get the attribute name and value $attribute = $node->attributes->item(0); $attribute_name = $attribute->name . ' => '; $attribute_value = $attribute->value; echo $attribute_name; echo $attribute_value; ?> |
Output:
Before the removal of attributes: id => my_id After the removal of attributes: => // Empty value means attribute is removed
Example 2:
<?php // Create a new DOMDocument $dom = new DOMDocument(); // Load the XML $dom->loadXML("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?> <root> <html> <h1 id=\"my_id\" style=\"color:green;\" class=\"my_class\"> Geeksforzambiatek </h1> <h2> Second heading </h2> </html> </root>"); // Get the elements $node = $dom->getElementsByTagName('h1')[0]; echo "Before the removal of attributes: <br>"; // Get the attribute count $attributeCount = $node->attributes->count(); echo 'No of attributes => ' . $attributeCount; // Remove the id attribute $node->removeAttribute('id'); echo "<br>After the removal of attributes: <br>"; // Get the attribute count $attributeCount = $node->attributes->count(); echo 'No of attributes => ' . $attributeCount; ?> |
Output:
Before the removal of attributes: No of attributes => 3 After the removal of attributes: No of attributes => 2
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domelement.removeattribute.php
