DOM append to the top

Yo!

I have a working form that adds user input to an XML file, it adds the
new "item" element to the bottom of the list of previously created
"item" elements.
I would now like the new elements to be added to the top of the list.
So far i've tried using: insertBefore() but i'm still getting elements
added to the bottom.

The XML looks like:


...
...
...
<----- new items are added here


This is what my code looks like:

$y = $dom -> getElementsByTagName("item");
$dom -> documentElement -> insertBefore($Xitem,$y);

If trying to pass the top most "item" node to insertbefore() but
without any luck. Any ideas ?

Cheers
Mongoose

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Re: DOM append to the top

Matthew Croud wrote:
> The XML looks like:
>
>
> ...
> ...
> ...
> <----- new items are added here
>
>
> This is what my code looks like:
>
> $y = $dom -> getElementsByTagName("item");
> $dom -> documentElement -> insertBefore($Xitem,$y);
>
> If trying to pass the top most "item" node to insertbefore() but without
> any luck. Any ideas ?

been very verbose on purpose so you get the idea ->

$newItem = ''; // your new node to insert
$items = $dom->getElementsByTagName("item");
$firstItem = $items->item(0);
$clothes = $firstItem->parentNode;
$newItem = $clothes->insertBefore( $newItem , $firstItem );

short version is..

$y = $dom->getElementsByTagName("item")->item(0);
$Xitem = $y->parentNode->insertBefore( $Xitem, $y );

please note: haven't checked this but should all work.

problem with your code was you were supplying $y which was a
DOMNodeList; and as the docs say: "If not supplied, newnode is appended
to the children." which yuo can translate as it'll be appended if the
second param of insertBefore is incorrect i guess.

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