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Dom\import_simplexml

Gets a Dom\Attr or Dom\Element object from a SimpleXMLElement object

Description

Dom\AttrDom\Element Dom\import_simplexml(object $node)

This function takes the given attribute or element node (a SimpleXMLElement instance) and creates a Dom\Attr or Dom\Element node, respectively. The new Dom\Node 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 Dom\Attr or Dom\Element.

Examples

Example #1 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>

See Also

  • simplexml_import_dom