PHP :: Doc Bug #80494 :: DOMElement::remove not documented

[2020-12-08 11:19 UTC] contact at perryrylance dot com

Description:
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I have a library which extends DOMElement.

My library adds DOMElement::remove for convenience.

After installing PHP 8 my library creates a fatal error.

The function definition I have for ExampleElement::remove does not match DOMElement::remove.

Not a biggie - I can simply change the function definition to match, *however*, the PHP manual does not document this function.

Test script:
---------------
<?php

class ExampleElement extends DOMElement
{
    public function remove()
    {
    }
}

[2020-12-08 11:28 UTC] beberlei@php.net

Right, this was part of the DOM Living Standard RFC https://wiki.php.net/rfc/dom_living_standard_api

I haven't gotten around to the documentation part yet :-( The signature is without paraemters:

public function delete();

[2020-12-08 11:28 UTC] beberlei@php.net

I am sorry, i meant:

public function remove();

[2020-12-08 11:30 UTC] beberlei@php.net

Sorry, I am having a bad day, the problem is not the parameters, but that the PHP 8 api has "void" as return type, so my last attempt, this time its right :-)

public function remove(): void;

As a side-note, PHP 8 now contains so called stubs, that show the right signature directly in PHP code. See the DOM Extension and remove here: https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/ext/dom/php_dom.stub.php#L231

[2020-12-08 11:43 UTC] contact at perryrylance dot com

Wonderful, thank you so much!

Looks like I can simply remove this from my implementation :)

Thanks again!

[2021-02-03 06:03 UTC] janejenkins19844 at gmail dot com

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[2021-05-11 06:11 UTC] contact at perryrylance dot com

Hi Benjamin

I see that more methods have been added to DOMElement, which is great.

I'd like to bring my library up to date, drop support for PHP < 7.0.0 and add return types and matching function signatures to your implementation.

I do have one request - could I perhaps ask that the functions remove, before, after and friends could possibly return $this?

My library facilitates method chaining, changing some of these functions to return void could break older projects.

If this is at all possible I'd massively appreciate it.

Thank you.

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