The DOMText::splitText() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to break a node into two nodes at the specified offset.
Syntax:
DOMText DOMText::splitText( int $offset )
Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $offset which holds the offset to split.
Return Value: This function returns a new node of the same type, which contains all the content at and after the offset.
Below given programs illustrate the DOMText::splitText() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php   // Create the text Node $text = new DOMText('neveropen');   // Split the text $splitedtext = $text->splitText(8); echo $splitedtext->nodeValue; ?> |
Output:
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Program 2:
<?php   // Create a new DOMDocument instance $document = new DOMDocument();    // Create a div element $element = $document->appendChild(new DOMElement('div'));    // Create a text Node $text = $document->createTextNode('neveropen');    // Append the nodes $element->appendChild($text);    echo "Number of text nodes before splitting: "; echo count($element->childNodes) . "<br>";    // Splitting the text $text->splitText(5);    echo "Number of text nodes after splitting: "; echo count($element->childNodes); ?> |
Output:
Number of text nodes before splitting: 1 Number of text nodes after splitting: 1
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domtext.splittext.php
