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();?>

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