DomElement::tagname

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0)

DomElement::tagname Returns the name of the current element

Description

string DomElement::tagname ( void )

Returns the name of the current node. Calling this function is the same as accessing the tagname property, or calling DomNode::node_name on the current node.

Return Values

Returns the name of the current DomElement node.

Examples

Example #1 Getting the node name

<?php

include("example.inc");

if (!
$dom domxml_open_mem($xmlstr)) {
    echo 
"Error while parsing the document\n";
    exit;
}

$root $dom->document_element();
echo 
$root->tagname();   // chapter
echo $root->tagname;     // chapter
echo $root->node_name(); // chapter


?>

Migrating to PHP 5

Use the tagName property of the DOMElement object.