Using insertBefore and dealing with several nodes of the same name XML PHP

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I have an XML which is a catalog containing several range nodes which in turn contain several item nodes:

<cat>
    <range>
        <item>
            <a></a>
            <b></b>
            <c></c>
        </item>
        <item>
            <a></a>
            <b></b>
            <c></c>
        </item>
        <item>
            <a></a>
            <b></b>
            <c></c>
        </item> 
        <item>
            <a></a>
            <b></b>
            <c></c>
        </item>
        <!-- node 'a' need to be added here -->
        <b></b>
        <d></d>
    </range>
    <range>
        <item>
            <a></a>
            <b></b>
            <c></c>
        </item>
        <item>
            <a></a>
            <b></b>
            <c></c>
        </item>
        <!-- node 'a' need to be added here -->
        <b></b>
        <d></d>
    </range>    
</cat>

Now I need to add node a inside each range just after ALL item nodes and just before node b.

NOTE: nodes a & b inside and outside item is the same

I was able to add the b node inside range, like this:

foreach($dom->getElementsByTagname('range') as $range) {
    forearch ($range->getElementsByTagName('d') as $d) {
        $b = $dom->createElement('b');
        $d = $d->parentNode->insertBefore($b, $d);
    }
}

If I use the same code to try and add node a outside all the item nodes, it won't work since the reference node b is the same inside and outside the item nodes; so it will just add node a inside the item nodes.

I found an insertAfter function;

function insertAfter(\DOMNode $newNode, \DOMNode $referenceNode)
{
  if($referenceNode->nextSibling === null) {
      return $referenceNode->parentNode->appendChild($newNode);
  } else {
      return $referenceNode->parentNode->insertBefore($newNode, $referenceNode->nextSibling);
  }
}

but it will not give me the desired result since if I used item as the reference node, it will add the new node just after the first item whereas I need it after all the item nodes.

Shadowlauch · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-23 09:11:40Z

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The easiest way to achieve what you are trying to do is by using xPath.

$xpath = new DOMXpath($dom);
$bs = $xpath->query("//range/b");
$a = new DOMElement('a');

foreach ($bs as $b) {
    $b->parentNode->insertBefore($a, $b);
}

This gets alls the "b" that are a direct child of range but not its grandchildren.

answered Nov 23, 2017 at 9:11

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javier_domenech · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-23 11:00:05Z

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Getting the first level children compare until find the one you want ($b) and insert before it:

foreach($dom->getElementsByTagname('range') as $range) {
    foreach($range->childNodes as $first_level_child) {
        if($first_level_child->tagname=='b') {
            $a = $dom->createElement('a');
            $first_level_child->parentNode->insertBefore($a, $first_level_child);
        }
    }
}

edited Nov 23, 2017 at 11:00

answered Nov 23, 2017 at 9:11

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