DOM_IMPORT_SIMPLEXML(3) 1 DOM_IMPORT_SIMPLEXML(3)
dom_import_simplexml - Gets aDOMElementobject from aSimpleXMLElementobject
SYNOPSIS
DOMElement dom_import_simplexml (SimpleXMLElement $node)
DESCRIPTION
This function takes the node $node of class SimpleXML and makes it into a DOMElement node. This new object can then be used as a native
DOMElement node.
PARAMETERS
o $node
- The SimpleXMLElement node.
RETURN VALUES
The DOMElement node added or FALSE if any errors occur.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
Import SimpleXML into DOM with dom_import_simplexml(3)
<?php
$sxe = simplexml_load_string('<books><book><title>blah</title></book></books>');
if ($sxe === false) {
echo 'Error while parsing the document';
exit;
}
$dom_sxe = dom_import_simplexml($sxe);
if (!$dom_sxe) {
echo 'Error while converting XML';
exit;
}
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0');
$dom_sxe = $dom->importNode($dom_sxe, true);
$dom_sxe = $dom->appendChild($dom_sxe);
echo $dom->saveXML();
?>
SEE ALSO
simplexml_import_dom(3).
PHP Documentation Group DOM_IMPORT_SIMPLEXML(3)
