DOMDocument->createElement() -- Create new element node
Description
class DOMDocument { DOMElement createElement ( string name [, string value] ) }
This function creates a new instance of class
DOMElement. This node will not show up in the document unless
it is inserted with e.g. DOMNode->appendChild().
Parameters
name
The tag name of the element.
value
The value of the element. By default, an empty element will be created.
You can also set the value later with DOMElement->nodeValue.
Return Values
Returns a new instance of class DOMElement or FALSE
if an error occured.
Exceptions
DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR
Raised if name contains an invalid character.
Examples
Example 1. Creating a new element and inserting it as root
<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');
$element = $dom->createElement('test', 'This is the root element!');
// We insert the new element as root (child of the document) $dom->appendChild($element);
echo $dom->saveXML(); ?>
The above example will output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<test>This is the root element!</test>
