get DOMNode as text

[vannus]

<domnode>inside part</domnode>

 

i can get the content of a node easily enough

echo $myDOMNode->nodeValue; outputs 'inside part'

echo $myDOMNode->textContent; outputs 'inside part'

echo $myDOMNode->get_content; outputs 'inside part'

 

how to i get the node itself as text/string?

ie. echo $myDOMNode->asText; would output '<domnode>inside part</domnode>'

 

is it even possible???

 

annoyingly even below hasnt worked for me

$doc=new DOMDocument();

$doc->appendChild($doc->importNode($myDOMNode,true));

echo $doc-saveHTML();

i had to import cause $myDOMNode is really an $xpath->query('//domnode')->item(0) result.

 

any help would be appreciated cause this is doing my head in!

 

Jim.

[vannus]

 

annoyingly even below hasnt worked for me

$doc=new DOMDocument();

$doc->appendChild($doc->importNode($myDOMNode,true));

echo $doc-saveHTML();

i had to import cause $myDOMNode is really an $xpath->query('//domnode')->item(0) result.

 

 

just a typo...

 

$doc=new DOMDocument();

$doc->appendChild($doc->importNode($myDOMNode,true));

echo $doc->saveHTML();

 

although some form of DomNode->getNodeAsText(bool $deep) would be nice...

[ignace]

print $doc->documentElement->tagName;