(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DOMNode::appendChild — Adds new child at the end of the children
This function appends a child to an existing list of children or creates a new list of children. The child can be created with e.g. DOMDocument::createElement(), DOMDocument::createTextNode() etc. or simply by using any other node.
When using an existing node it will be moved.
node
The appended child.
The node added or false
on error.
DOM_NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
Raised if this node is readonly or if the previous parent of the node being inserted is readonly.
DOM_HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR
Raised if this node is of a type that does not allow children of the
type of the node
node, or if the node to
append is one of this node's ancestors or this node itself.
DOM_WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR
Raised if node
was created from a different
document than the one that created this node.
The following example will add a new element node to a fresh document.
Example #1 Adding a child
<?php$doc = new DOMDocument;$node = $doc->createElement("para");$newnode = $doc->appendChild($node);echo $doc->saveXML();?>
Example #2 Nested children
<?php$doc = new DOMDocument;$headNode = $doc->createElement("head");$doc->appendChild($headNode);$titleNode = $doc->createElement("title");$headNode->appendChild($titleNode);echo $doc->saveXML();?>