The DOMXPath object doesn't create a reference to the document. If you load a new xml using either load, loadXML or loadHTML functions the DOMXPath object will still query and evaluate over the source in the DOMDocument when it was created.
PHP - Manual: DOMXPath::__construct
2024-11-14
Creates a new DOMXPath object.
The DOMXPath object doesn't create a reference to the document. If you load a new xml using either load, loadXML or loadHTML functions the DOMXPath object will still query and evaluate over the source in the DOMDocument when it was created.