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# DOMNode::removeChild

(PHP 5)

DOMNode::removeChild — Removes child from list of children

### Descripción

DOMNode DOMNode::removeChild ( DOMNode `$oldnode` )

This functions removes a child from a list of children.

### Lista de parámetros

`oldnode`

  The removed child.

### Valores retornados

If the child could be removed the functions returns the old child.

### Errors/Exceptions

`DOM_NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR`

  Raised if this node is readonly.

`DOM_NOT_FOUND`

  Raised if `oldnode` is not a child of this node.

### Ejemplos

The following example will delete the chapter element of our XML document.

Example #1 Removing a child

`<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument;
$doc->load('book.xml');
$book = $doc->documentElement;
// we retrieve the chapter and remove it from the book
$chapter = $book->getElementsByTagName('chapter')->item(0);
$oldchapter = $book->removeChild($chapter);
echo $doc->saveXML();
?>`

El resultado del ejemplo seria:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
    <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
              "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
    <book id="listing">
     <title>My lists</title>

    </book>

### Ver también

- DOMNode::appendChild
- DOMNode::replaceChild

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