XSLTProcessor::transformToDoc

    (PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

    XSLTProcessor::transformToDoc — Transform to a document

    Description

    publicXSLTProcessor::transformToDoc(object$document, ?string$returnClass = null): object|false

    Transforms the source node to a document (e.g. DOMDocument) applying the stylesheet given by the XSLTProcessor::importStylesheet() method.

    Parameters

    document

    The DOMDocument or SimpleXMLElement or libxml-compatible object to be transformed.

    returnClass

    This optional parameter may be used so that XSLTProcessor::transformToDoc() will return an object of the specified class. That class should either extend or be the same class as document's class.

    Return Values

    The resulting document or false on error.

    Examples

    Example #1 Transforming to a DOMDocument

    <?php

    // Load the XML source
    $xml = new DOMDocument;
    $xml->load('collection.xml');

    $xsl = new DOMDocument;
    $xsl->load('collection.xsl');

    // Configure the transformer
    $proc = new XSLTProcessor;
    $proc->importStyleSheet($xsl); // attach the xsl rules

    echo trim($proc->transformToDoc($xml)->firstChild->wholeText);

    ?>

    The above example will output:

    Hey! Welcome to Nicolas Eliaszewicz's sweet CD collection!

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