php man page for dom_import_simplexml

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).

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