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	Last updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006

DOMDocument->createElement()

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DOMDocument->createElement() -- Create new element node

Description

class DOMDocument {

DOMElement createElement ( string name [, string value] )

}

This function creates a new instance of class DOMElement. This node will not show up in the document unless it is inserted with e.g. DOMNode->appendChild().

Parameters

name: The tag name of the element.
value: The value of the element. By default, an empty element will be created. You can also set the value later with DOMElement->nodeValue.

Return Values

Returns a new instance of class DOMElement or FALSE if an error occured.

Errors/Exceptions

DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if name contains an invalid character.

Examples

Example 1. Creating a new element and inserting it as root

<?php

$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');

$element = $dom->createElement('test', 'This is the root element!');

// We insert the new element as root (child of the document)
$dom->appendChild($element);

echo $dom->saveXML();
?>

The above example will output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<test>This is the root element!</test>