DOMElement
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DOMElement::getElementsByTagName

Gets elements by tagname

Description

public DOMNodeList DOMElement::getElementsByTagName(string $qualifiedName)

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

Parameters

qualifiedName

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::getElementsByTagNameNS