Syntax:DOMElement DOMDocument::createElement (string $name, string $value)
Parameters:This function takes two parameters as above and described below: - $name: this parameter contains the tag name of the element.
- $value:this parameter contains the element’s value. The default value of this function creates an empty element. The element’s value can be set later using DOMElement::$nodeValue.
Return value:This function returns a new instance of the DOMElement class on success, or FALSE on error .The following programs illustrate the DOMDocument::createElement() function in PHP:Program 1:
// Create a new one DOMDocument $domDocument = new DOMDocument ( ’1.0’ , ’ iso-8859-1’ );
// Use the createElement() function to add a new element node $domElement = $domDocument -> createElement ( ’organization’ , ’ GeeksforGeeks’ );
// Add element to document $domDocument -> appendChild ( $domElement );
// Save the XML file and display it echo $domDocument -> saveXML();
?> Exit: < organization > GeeksforGeeks < / organization >
Program 2:
// Create a new DOMDocument $domDocument = new DOMDocument ( ’ 1.0’ , ’iso-8859-1’ );
// Use the createElement() function to add a new element node $domElement1 = $domDocument -> createElement ( ’organization’ ); $domElement2 = $domDocument -> createElement ( ’name’ , ’GeeksforGeeks’ ); $domElement3 = $domDocument -> createElement ( ’address’ , ’Noida’ ); $domElement4 = $domDocument -> createElement ( ’email’ , ’abc @ engineerforengineer.org’ );
// Add element to document $domDocument -> appendChild ( $domElement1 ); $domElement1 -> appendChild ( $domElement2 ); $domElement1 -> appendChild ( $domElement3 ); $domElement1 -> appendChild ( $domElement4 );
// Save the XML file and display it echo $domDocument -> saveXML();
?> Exit: < organization > < name > GeeksforGeeks < / name > Noida < email > [email protected]< / email > < / organization >
Link: https://www.php.net/ manual / en / domdocument.createelement.php
