# DomNode->remove_child

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DomNode->remove_child — Removes child from list of children

### Description

domtext DomNode->remove_child ( domtext `$oldchild` )

This functions removes a child from a list of children. If child cannot be removed or is not a child the function will return `FALSE`. If the child could be removed the functions returns the old child.

Example#1 Removing a child

`<?php
include("example.inc");
if (!$dom = domxml_open_mem($xmlstr)) {
echo "Error while parsing the document\n";
exit;
}
$elements = $dom->get_elements_by_tagname("tbody");
$element = $elements[0];
$children = $element->child_nodes();
$child = $element->remove_child($children[0]);
echo "<PRE>";
$xmlfile = $dom->dump_mem(true);
echo htmlentities($xmlfile);
echo "</PRE>";
?>`

See also domnode_append_child().