- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$html=<<<'HTML'
<body>
<input/>
<input/>
<input/>
</body>
HTML;
$domd=new DOMDocument();
$domd->loadHTML($html);
$xp=new DOMXPath($domd);
$removed=0;
var_dump($xp->query("//body")->item(0)->childNodes);
foreach($xp->query("//body")->item(0)->childNodes as $node){
++$removed;
$node->parentNode->removeChild($node);
}
var_dump($removed);