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<h1 class="refname">dom_import_simplexml</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">dom_import_simplexml</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Gets a <a href="class.domelement.html" class="classname">DOMElement</a> object from a
<a href="class.simplexmlelement.html" class="classname">SimpleXMLElement</a> object
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.dom-import-simplexml-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type"><a href="class.domelement.html" class="type DOMElement">DOMElement</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>dom_import_simplexml</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.simplexmlelement.html" class="type SimpleXMLElement">SimpleXMLElement</a></span> <code class="parameter">$node</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
This function takes the node <em><code class="parameter">node</code></em> of class
<a href="ref.simplexml.html" class="link">SimpleXML</a> and makes it into a
<a href="class.domelement.html" class="classname">DOMElement</a> node. This new object can then be used
as a native <a href="class.domelement.html" class="classname">DOMElement</a> node.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.dom-import-simplexml-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">node</code></em></span>
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The <a href="class.simplexmlelement.html" class="classname">SimpleXMLElement</a> node.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.dom-import-simplexml-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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The <a href="class.domelement.html" class="classname">DOMElement</a> node added or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if any errors occur.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.dom-import-simplexml-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 Import SimpleXML into DOM with <span class="function"><strong>dom_import_simplexml()</strong></span></strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$sxe </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">simplexml_load_string</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'<books><book><title>blah</title></book></books>'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$sxe </span><span style="color: #007700">=== </span><span style="color: #0000BB">false</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Error while parsing the document'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> exit;<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom_sxe </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">dom_import_simplexml</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$sxe</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom_sxe</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Error while converting XML'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> exit;<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DOMDocument</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'1.0'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom_sxe </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">importNode</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom_sxe</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom_sxe </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">appendChild</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom_sxe</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">saveXML</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.dom-import-simplexml-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.simplexml-import-dom.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">simplexml_import_dom()</a> - Get a SimpleXMLElement object from a DOM node.</span></li>
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