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# DomDocument->document_element

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DomDocument->document_element -- Returns root element node

## Description

domelement DomDocument->document_element ( void )

This function returns the root element node of a document.

The following example returns just the element with name CHAPTER and prints it. The other node -- the comment -- is not returned.

Example 1. Retrieving root element
`<?php include("example.inc"); if (!$dom = domxml_open_mem($xmlstr)) { echo "Error while parsing the document\n"; exit; } $root = $dom->document_element(); print_r($root); ?>`
The above example will output:
    domelement Object
    (
        [type] => 1
        [tagname] => chapter
        [0] => 6
        [1] => 137960648
    )

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