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XML::LibXML - detect if two Elements are the same?

I'm working with XML::LibXML in Perl.

Say I have two $element references gotten by different (opaque) XPath queries.

(How) can I determine, if the two $element (Node) refs are the same element in the document tree?

Comparing $el1 == $el2doesn't always work as far as I could tell.

Solution

  • It's in the XML::LibXML::Node documentation:

    isSameNode

    $bool = $node->isSameNode( $other_node );

    returns TRUE (1) if the given nodes refer to the same node structure, otherwise FALSE (0) is returned.