DOM树定义了文档的逻辑结构，以及控制你访问和操作这些文档的方法。使用DOM，开发人员可以创建XML或HTML文档，操作它们的结果，增加、修改和删除文档 元素及内容。可以从任何编程语言访问DOM，本文使用PHP 5 DOM扩展，它是PHP核心的一部分，因此除了PHP外，不需要安装其它软件。
DOM树节点遵循XML命名规范，如：
1、Document节点 -- 表示DOMDocument接口
2、Element节点 -- 表示DOMElement接口
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3、Attribute节点 -- 表示DOMAttr接口
4、Comment节点 -- 表示DOMComment接口
5、Text节点 -- 表示DOMText接口
提取元素
这一小节介绍如何从DOM树中提取元素和值，本文使用Book.xml作为例子进行说明，其内容如清单1所示。
清单1 Book.xml
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