# DOMNode::getNodePath

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)

DOMNode::getNodePath — Get an XPath for a node

### Description

public DOMNode::getNodePath ( ) : string

Gets an XPath location path for the node.

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

Returns a string containing the XPath, or `NULL` in case of an error.

### Examples

Example #1 DOMNode::getNodePath() example

`<?php
// Create a new DOMDocument instance
$dom = new DOMDocument;
// Load the XML
$dom->loadXML('
<fruits>
<apples>
<apple>braeburn</apple>
<apple>granny smith</apple>
</apples>
<pears>
<pear>conference</pear>
</pears>
</fruits>
');
// Print XPath for each element
foreach ($dom->getElementsByTagName('*') as $node) {
echo $node->getNodePath() . "\n";
}
?>`

The above example will output:

    /fruits
    /fruits/apples
    /fruits/apples/apple[1]
    /fruits/apples/apple[2]
    /fruits/pears
    /fruits/pears/pear

### See Also

- DOMXPath