# XML::DOM::ProcessingInstruction - phpMan

## NAME
    [XML::DOM::ProcessingInstruction] - An XML processing instruction in
    [XML::DOM]

## DESCRIPTION
    [XML::DOM::ProcessingInstruction] extends [XML::DOM::Node].

    It represents a "processing instruction", used in XML as a way to keep
    processor-specific information in the text of the document. An example:

     <?PI processing instruction?>

    Here, "PI" is the target and "processing instruction" is the data.

  METHODS
    getTarget
        The target of this processing instruction. XML defines this as being
        the first token following the markup that begins the processing
        instruction.

    getData and setData (data)
        The content of this processing instruction. This is from the first
        non white space character after the target to the character
        immediately preceding the ?>.