How to negate xpath query?

Question

I would like to do a negative xpath query like this:

$xpath->query(//a[DoesNotContain(@class,'some_class')]);

I know about this

$xpath->query(//a[contains(@class,'some_class')]);

Eyre

possible duplicate of How to use "not" in xpath? – Bilestone

Answer 1

$xpath->query(//a[not(contains(@class, 'some_class'))]);

Prompter

//a[not[contains(@class,'some_class')]] – Eyre