Re: [PHP-XML-DEV] Troubles with importing a node from another DOMDocument

[email protected] (Rob Richards) Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:31:51 -0400
Newsgroups php.xml.dev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Stanislav Sazonov wrote:
> I think it is conceptually wrong. If i wanna clone a node with its owner i
> would use cloneNode() method. Operator clone() should make _independent_
> objects instead, thus should behave like importNode().
> 
>> using the clone keyword is the same as using the cloneNode() method
>> doing a deep copy on the node in question.
>>
>> Rob
> 
> 

I disagree there. Clone means make a duplicate copy, not a partial. A 
duplicate of a node includes the ownerDocument. Now if the keyword were 
semiclone or something I might agree with you.

Rob