simplexml_import_dom

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

simplexml_import_domGet a SimpleXMLElement object from a DOM node

Description

simplexml_import_dom(SimpleXMLElement|DOMNode $node, ?string $class_name = SimpleXMLElement::class): ?SimpleXMLElement

This function takes a node of a DOM document and makes it into a SimpleXML node. This new object can then be used as a native SimpleXML element.

Parameters

node

A DOM Element node

class_name

You may use this optional parameter so that simplexml_import_dom() will return an object of the specified class. That class should extend the SimpleXMLElement class.

Return Values

Returns a SimpleXMLElement or null on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Importing DOM

<?php$dom = new DOMDocument;$dom->loadXML('<books><book><title>blah</title></book></books>');if (!$dom) {    echo 'Error while parsing the document';    exit;}$s = simplexml_import_dom($dom);echo $s->book[0]->title;?>

The above example will output:

blah

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