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The DOMEntity class

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Introduction

This interface represents a known entity, either parsed or unparsed, in an XML document.

Class synopsis

class DOMEntity extends DOMNode {
/* Inherited constants */
/* Properties */
public readonly ?string $publicId;
public readonly ?string $systemId;
public readonly ?string $notationName;
public readonly ?string $actualEncoding;
public readonly ?string $encoding;
public readonly ?string $version;
/* Inherited properties */
public readonly string $nodeName;
public readonly int $nodeType;
public readonly ?DOMNode $parentNode;
public readonly ?DOMElement $parentElement;
public readonly DOMNodeList $childNodes;
public readonly ?DOMNode $firstChild;
public readonly ?DOMNode $lastChild;
public readonly ?DOMNode $previousSibling;
public readonly ?DOMNode $nextSibling;
public readonly ?DOMNamedNodeMap $attributes;
public readonly bool $isConnected;
public readonly ?DOMDocument $ownerDocument;
public readonly ?string $namespaceURI;
public string $prefix;
public readonly ?string $localName;
public readonly ?string $baseURI;
/* Inherited methods */
public DOMNode::C14N(
    bool $exclusive = false,
    bool $withComments = false,
    ?array $xpath = null,
    ?array $nsPrefixes = null
): string|false
public DOMNode::C14NFile(
    string $uri,
    bool $exclusive = false,
    bool $withComments = false,
    ?array $xpath = null,
    ?array $nsPrefixes = null
): int|false
public DOMNode::isEqualNode(?DOMNode $otherNode): bool
public DOMNode::isSameNode(DOMNode $otherNode): bool
public DOMNode::isSupported(string $feature, string $version): bool
}

Properties

publicId

The public identifier associated with the entity if specified, and null otherwise.

systemId

The system identifier associated with the entity if specified, and null otherwise. This may be an absolute URI or not.

notationName

For unparsed entities, the name of the notation for the entity. For parsed entities, this is null.

actualEncoding

Deprecated as of PHP 8.4.0. This has always been equal to null.

encoding

Deprecated as of PHP 8.4.0. This has always been equal to null.

version

Deprecated as of PHP 8.4.0. This has always been equal to null.

Changelog

Version Description
8.4.0 actualEncoding, encoding, and version are formally deprecated now because they have always been equal to null.
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