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 DOMXPath->query()    (no version information, might be only in CVS) DOMXPath->query() -- 
   Evaluates the given XPath expression 
   说明class  DOMXPath {  DOMNodeList  query ( string expression [, DOMNode contextnode] ) } 
   Executes the given XPath expression.
   参数
    - expression
 
       The XPath expression to execute.
       - contextnode
 
       The optional contextnode can be specified for
       doing relative XPath queries. By default, the queries are relative to 
       the root element.
       
  
  返回值
   Returns a DOMNodeList containing all nodes matching 
   the given XPath expression. Any expression which do
   not return nodes will return an empty DOMNodeList.
   例
    例子 1. Getting all the english books 
<?php
  $doc = new DOMDocument;
  // We don't want to bother with white spaces $doc->preserveWhiteSpace = false;
  $doc->Load('book.xml');
  $xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
  // We starts from the root element $query = '//book/chapter/para/informaltable/tgroup/tbody/row/entry[. = "en"]';
  $entries = $xpath->query($query);
  foreach ($entries as $entry) {     echo "Found {$entry->previousSibling->previousSibling->nodeValue}," .          " by {$entry->previousSibling->nodeValue}\n"; } ?>
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 上例将输出: Found The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
Found The Pearl, by John Steinbeck  |  
 
     We can also use the contextnode parameter to shorten
     our expression:
     
<?php
  $doc = new DOMDocument; $doc->preserveWhiteSpace = false;
  $doc->load('book.xml');
  $xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
  $tbody = $doc->getElementsByTagName('tbody')->item(0);
  // our query is relative to the tbody node $query = 'row/entry[. = "en"]';
  $entries = $xpath->query($query, $tbody);
  foreach ($entries as $entry) {     echo "Found {$entry->previousSibling->previousSibling->nodeValue}," .          " by {$entry->previousSibling->nodeValue}\n"; } ?>
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