# \[php\] how to delete an xml node?

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [October 15, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-how-to-delete-an-xml-node/203938 "2006-10-15T19:59:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![R0b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@R0b](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/R0b)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-how-to-delete-an-xml-node/203938/1 "2006-10-15T19:59:39Z")

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hi there 🙂

I was trying to delete an xml node with php, using simplexml functions…  
I can’t find any good documentation about that topic…  
Someone can please give some hints?

thanks