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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