# DomDocument->document_element

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DomDocument->document_element — Returns root element node

### Description

domelement DomDocument->document_element ( void )

This function returns the root element node of a document.

The following example returns just the element with name CHAPTER and prints it. The other node -- the comment -- is not returned.

Example#1 Retrieving root element

`<?php
include("example.inc");
if (!$dom = domxml_open_mem($xmlstr)) {
echo "Error while parsing the document\n";
exit;
}
$root = $dom->document_element();
print_r($root);
?>`

The above example will output:

    domelement Object
    (
        [type] => 1
        [tagname] => chapter
        [0] => 6
        [1] => 137960648
    )