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DOMDocument::createEntityReference

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

DOMDocument::createEntityReference — Create new entity reference node

Description

public DOMDocument::createEntityReference ( string $name ) : DOMEntityReference

This function creates a new instance of class DOMEntityReference. This node will not show up in the document unless it is inserted with (e.g.) DOMNode::appendChild().

Parameters

name

The content of the entity reference, e.g. the entity reference minus the leading & and the trailing ; characters.

Return Values

The new DOMEntityReference or FALSE if an error occurred.

Errors/Exceptions

DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR

Raised if name contains an invalid character.

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::createElement() - Create new element node
• DOMDocument::createElementNS() - Create new element node with an associated namespace
• DOMDocument::createProcessingInstruction() - Creates new PI node
• DOMDocument::createTextNode() - Create new text node