Php/docs/function.simplexml-import-dom
simplexml_import_dom
(PHP 5, PHP 7)
simplexml_import_dom — Get a SimpleXMLElement object from a DOM node
Description
simplexml_import_dom
( DOMNode $node
[, string $class_name = "SimpleXMLElement"
] ) : SimpleXMLElement|false
This function takes a node of a DOM document and makes it into a SimpleXML node. This new object can then be used as a native SimpleXML element.
Parameters
node- A DOM Element node
class_name- You may use this optional parameter so that simplexml_import_dom() will return an object of the specified class. That class should extend the SimpleXMLElement class.
Return Values
Returns a SimpleXMLElement or FALSE on failure.
Warning
This function may
return Boolean FALSE, but may also return a non-Boolean value which
evaluates to FALSE. Please read the section on Booleans for more
information. Use the ===
operator for testing the return value of this
function.
Examples
Example #1 Importing DOM
<?php$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
See Also
- dom_import_simplexml() - Gets a DOMElement object from a SimpleXMLElement object
- Basic SimpleXML usage
