DOMDocument::createElement
(PHP 5)
DOMDocument::createElement — Create new element node
Description
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. The value can also be set later with DOMElement->nodeValue.
Return Values
Returns a new instance of class DOMElement or FALSE if an error occured.
Errors/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', 'utf-8');
$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="utf-8"?> <test>This is the root element!</test>
Notes
Note:
The value will not be escaped. Use DOMDocument::createTextNode() to create a text node with escaping support.
See Also
- DOMNode::appendChild() - Adds new child at the end of the children
- DOMDocument::createAttribute() - Create new attribute
- DOMDocument::createAttributeNS() - Create new attribute node with an associated namespace
- DOMDocument::createCDATASection() - Create new cdata node
- DOMDocument::createComment() - Create new comment node
- DOMDocument::createDocumentFragment() - Create new document fragment
- DOMDocument::createElementNS() - Create new element node with an associated namespace
- DOMDocument::createEntityReference() - Create new entity reference node
- DOMDocument::createProcessingInstruction() - Creates new PI node
- DOMDocument::createTextNode() - Create new text node