DOMNode->removeChild()
DOMNode->removeChild() -- 
   Removes child from list of children
  
Description
class 
DOMNode { 
DOMNode 
removeChild ( DOMNode oldnode )
}
   This functions removes a child from a list of children.
  
Parameters
   
- oldnode
- 
       The removed child.
       
Return Values
   If the child could be removed the functions returns the old child.
  
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.
       
Examples
   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();
 ?>
 | 
 The above example will output: | <?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> | 
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