How can the context of DOMXPath in PHP be understood in relation to the entire DOM structure?

The DOMXPath class in PHP allows for querying specific elements within the entire DOM structure using XPath expressions. By creating a new DOMXPath object and loading the entire DOM structure, you can then use XPath queries to target specific elements based on their attributes, tags, or relationships within the document. 

$dom = new DOMDocument();
$dom->loadHTMLFile('example.html');

$xpath = new DOMXPath($dom);
$elements = $xpath->query('//div[@class="content"]');

foreach ($elements as $element) {
    echo $element->nodeValue;
}

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DOMXPath PHP context DOM structure understanding

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