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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". PHP Documentation Group SIMPLEXML_IMPORT_DOM(3)
