dom_import_simplexml
Gets a DOMAttr or DOMElement object from a
SimpleXMLElement object
Description
DOMAttrDOMElement dom_import_simplexml(object $node)
This function takes the given attribute or element node (a
SimpleXMLElement instance) and creates a
DOMAttr or DOMElement node, respectively.
The new DOMNode refers to the same underlying XML node
as the SimpleXMLElement.
Parameters
-
node
-
The attribute or element node to import (a SimpleXMLElement instance).
Return Values
The DOMAttr or DOMElement.
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();
?>
The above example will output:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<books><book><title>blah</title></book></books>
Example #2 Import SimpleXML into DOM and modify SimpleXML through DOM
Error handling omitted for brevity.
<?php
$sxe = simplexml_load_string('<books><book><title>blah</title></book></books>');
$elt = dom_import_simplexml($sxe);
$elt->setAttribute("foo", "bar");
echo $sxe->asXML();
?>
The above example will output:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<books foo="bar"><book><title>blah</title></book></books>