function stripComments(DOMNode $node)
{
    $name = $node->nodeName;
    if ((substr_count($name, "#") > 0) && (strpos($name, "#") == 0))
    {
        return $node->nextSibling;
    }
    return $node;
}

$i = 0;
while($character != NULL)
{
    if(isComment($character))
        $character = $character->nextSibling;

    $literalNode = stripComments($character->firstChild);

    echo $literalNode->nodeName;

    $character = $character->nextSibling;

    $i++;
    if ($i > 10)
        break;
}