function Container::element

Find element: /session/:sessionId/element (POST) Find child element: /session/:sessionId/element/:id/element (POST) Search for element on page, starting from the document root.

Parameters

string $using the locator strategy to use:

string $value the search target:

Return value

\WebDriver\Element

Throws

\WebDriver\Exception if element not found, or invalid XPath

File

vendor/lullabot/php-webdriver/lib/WebDriver/Container.php, line 52

Class

Container

Abstract WebDriver\Container class

Namespace

WebDriver

Code

public function element($using = null, $value = null) {
    $locatorJson = $this->parseArgs('element', func_get_args());
    try {
        $result = $this->curl('POST', '/element', $locatorJson);
    } catch (WebDriverException\NoSuchElement $e) {
        throw WebDriverException::factory(WebDriverException::NO_SUCH_ELEMENT, sprintf("Element not found with %s, %s\n\n%s", $locatorJson['using'], $locatorJson['value'], $e->getMessage()), $e);
    }
    $element = $this->makeElement($result['value']);
    if ($element === null) {
        throw WebDriverException::factory(WebDriverException::NO_SUCH_ELEMENT, sprintf("Element not found with %s, %s\n", $locatorJson['using'], $locatorJson['value']));
    }
    return $element;
}