php man page for simplexml_import_dom

SIMPLEXML_IMPORT_DOM(3) 						 1						   SIMPLEXML_IMPORT_DOM(3)

simplexml_import_dom - Get a SimpleXMLElementobject from a DOM node.

SYNOPSIS
       SimpleXMLElement simplexml_import_dom (DOMNode  $node, [string  $class_name = "SimpleXMLElement"])

DESCRIPTION
	This  function	takes  a node of a DOM document and makes it into a SimpleXML node. This new object can then be used as a native SimpleXML
       element.

PARAMETERS
	      o $node
		- A DOM Element node

	      o $class_name
		- You may use this optional parameter so that simplexml_import_dom(3) will return an object of the  specified  class.  That  class
		should extend the SimpleXMLElement class.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns a SimpleXMLElement or FALSE on failure.

       Warning

	      This function may return Boolean FALSE, but may also return a non-Boolean value which evaluates to FALSE. Please read the section on
	      Booleans for more information. Use the === operator for testing the return value of this function.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      Importing DOM

	      <?php
	      $dom = new DOMDocument;
	      $dom->loadXML('<books><book><title>blah</title></book></books>');
	      if (!$dom) {
		  echo 'Error while parsing the document';
		  exit;
	      }

	      $s = simplexml_import_dom($dom);

	      echo $s->book[0]->title;
	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      blah

SEE ALSO
       dom_import_simplexml(3), "Basic SimpleXML usage".

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