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PHP | DOMNode lookupNamespaceUri() Function

The DOMNode::lookupNamespaceUri() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to get the namespace URI of the node based on the prefix.

Syntax:

string DOMNode::lookupNamespaceUri( string $prefix )

Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $prefix which holds the prefix.

Return Value: This function returns namespace URI of the node.

Below examples illustrate the DOMNode::lookupNamespaceUri() function in PHP:

Example 1:




<?php
  
// Create a new DOMDocument instance
$document = new DOMDocument();
  
// Create a XML variable with no namespace
$xml = <<<XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
    <h1>neveropen</h1>
</root>
XML;
  
// Load the XML
$document->loadXML($xml);
  
// Get the default namespace URI
$uri = $document->documentElement->lookupnamespaceURI(null);
echo $uri;
?>


Output:

// Empty string which means no namespace is there.

Example 2:




<?php
  
// Create a new DOMDocument instance
$document = new DOMDocument();
  
// Load the XML with a namespace with prefix x
$document->loadXML("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>
    <div xmlns:x=\"my_namespace\">
        <x:h1 x:style=\"color:red;\"> neveropen </x:h1>
    </div>
");
  
// Get the URI with prefix x
$uri = $document->documentElement->lookupnamespaceURI('x');
echo $uri;
?>


Output:

my_namespace

Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domnode.lookupnamespaceuri.php

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