--TEST-- DOM removeChild : Basic Functionality --SKIPIF-- --CREDITS-- Simon Hughes --FILE-- c1n1 c1n2 c2n1 c2n2 EOXML; function dumpcourse($current) { $title = ($current->nodeType != XML_TEXT_NODE && $current->hasAttribute('title')) ? $current->getAttribute('title'):"no title"; echo "Course: $title:";var_dump($current); echo "~";var_dump($current->textContent); } $dom = new DOMDocument(); $dom->loadXML($xml); $root = $dom->documentElement; $children = $root->childNodes; $len = $children->length; echo "orignal has $len nodes\n"; for ($index = $children->length - 1; $index >=0; $index--) { echo "node $index\n"; $current = $children->item($index); dumpcourse($current); if ($current->nodeType == XML_TEXT_NODE) { $noderemoved = $root->removeChild($current); } } $children = $root->childNodes; $len = $children->length; echo "after text removed it now has $len nodes\n"; for ($index = 0; $index < $children->length; $index++) { echo "node $index\n"; $current = $children->item($index); dumpcourse($current); } --EXPECTF-- orignal has 5 nodes node 4 Course: no title:object(DOMText)#4 (0) { } ~string(1) " " node 3 Course: two:object(DOMElement)#5 (0) { } ~string(24) " c2n1 c2n2 " node 2 Course: no title:object(DOMText)#6 (0) { } ~string(2) " " node 1 Course: one:object(DOMElement)#4 (0) { } ~string(24) " c1n1 c1n2 " node 0 Course: no title:object(DOMText)#5 (0) { } ~string(2) " " after text removed it now has 2 nodes node 0 Course: one:object(DOMElement)#3 (0) { } ~string(24) " c1n1 c1n2 " node 1 Course: two:object(DOMElement)#4 (0) { } ~string(24) " c2n1 c2n2 "