simplexml_import_dom

    (PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

    simplexml_import_dom — Get a SimpleXMLElement object from a DOM node

    Description

    simplexml_import_dom(object$node, ?string$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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