dom_import_simplexml
(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
dom_import_simplexml — Gets a DOMElement object from a SimpleXMLElement object
Description
dom_import_simplexml(object $node): DOMElement
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
-
node -
The SimpleXMLElement node.
Return Values
The DOMElement node added.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 | This function no longer returns null on failure. |
Examples
Example #1 Import SimpleXML into DOM with dom_import_simplexml()
<?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() - Get a SimpleXMLElement object from a DOM node
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