How to view DOMNodeList object's data in php
dom, domdocument, php, xpath
Solution
DOMNodeList is an interesting object, one that you will not get much information from using `print_r` or `var_dump`.
There are many ways to view the data of a DOMNodeList object. Here is an example:
$xpath = new DOMXpath($dom);
$dom_node_list = $xpath->query($your_xpath_query);
$temp_dom = new DOMDocument();
foreach($dom_node_list as $n) $temp_dom->appendChild($temp_dom->importNode($n,true));
print_r($temp_dom->saveHTML());
(Of course use saveXML instead of saveHTML if you are dealing with XML.)
A DOMNodeList can be iterated over like an array. If you want to pull the data out of the DOMNodeList object and put it into a different data structure, such as an array or stdClass object, then you simply iterate through the "nodes" in the DOMNodeList, converting the nodes' values and/or attributes (that you want to have available) before adding them to the new data structure.
Problem
when I want to test php array I use the following code ``` print_r($myarray); ``` but know I want to see the data of an object my object is ``` $xpath = new DOMXPath($doc); $myobject = $xpath->query('//*[ancestor-or-self::a]'); ``` when I use ``` print_r($myobject); ``` I get that output ``` DOMNodeList Object ( ) ``` I want to iterate through the values of this object to test the result of my query?