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DOMImplementation::createDocument

Creates a DOMDocument object of the specified type with its document element

Description

public DOMDocument DOMImplementation::createDocument(stringnull $namespace = null, string $qualifiedName = "", DOMDocumentTypenull $doctype = null)

Creates a DOMDocument object of the specified type with its document element.

Parameters

namespace

The namespace URI of the document element to create.

qualifiedName

The qualified name of the document element to create.

doctype

The type of document to create or null.

Return Values

A new DOMDocument object. If namespace, qualifiedName, and doctype are null, the returned DOMDocument is empty with no document element.

Errors/Exceptions

May throw a DOMException with the following error codes:

DOM_WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR

Raised if doctype has already been used with a different document or was created from a different implementation.

DOM_NAMESPACE_ERR

Raised if there is an error with the namespace, as determined by namespace and qualifiedName.

Changelog

Version Description
8.4.0 The function now has the tentative return type DOMDocument.
8.0.3 namespace is now nullable.
8.0.0 doctype is now nullable.
8.0.0 Calling this function statically will now throw an Error. Previously, an E_DEPRECATED was raised.

See Also

  • DOMDocument::__construct
  • DOMImplementation::createDocumentType