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tidy_get_head

TIDY_GET_HEAD(3)							 1							  TIDY_GET_HEAD(3)

tidy::head - Returns atidyNodeobject starting from the <head> tag of the tidy parse tree

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS

       tidyNode tidy::head (void  )

DESCRIPTION

       Procedural style
       tidyNode tidy_get_head (tidy  $object)

	Returns a tidyNode object starting from the <head> tag of the tidy parse tree.

PARAMETERS

	      o $object
		- The Tidy object.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns the tidyNode object.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      tidy_get_head(3) example

	      <?php
	      $html = '
	      <html>
		<head>
		  <title>test</title>
		</head>
		<body>
		  <p>paragraph</p>
		</body>
	      </html>';

	      $tidy = tidy_parse_string($html);

	      $head = $tidy->head();
	      echo $head->value;
	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      <head>
	      <title>test</title>
	      </head>

NOTES

       Note

	       This function is only available with Zend Engine 2 (PHP >= 5.0.0).

SEE ALSO 
tidy.body(3), tidy.html(3).
PHP Documentation Group 													  TIDY_GET_HEAD(3)

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