<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Create new element node with an associated namespace</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="domdocument.createelement.html">DOMDocument::createElement</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="domdocument.createentityreference.html">DOMDocument::createEntityReference</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.domdocument.html">DOMDocument</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="domdocument.createelementns" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">DOMDocument::createElementNS</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DOMDocument::createElementNS</span> — <span class="dc-title"> Create new element node with an associated namespace </span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-domdocument.createelementns-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="class.domelement.html" class="type DOMElement">DOMElement</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DOMDocument::createElementNS</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$namespaceURI</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$qualifiedName</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$value</code></span> ] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> This function creates a new element node with an associated namespace. This node will not show up in the document unless it is inserted with (e.g.) <span class="function"><a href="domnode.appendchild.html" class="function">DOMNode::appendChild()</a></span>. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-domdocument.createelementns-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">namespaceURI</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The URI of the namespace. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">qualifiedName</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The qualified name of the element, as <em>prefix:tagname</em>. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">value</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The value of the element. By default, an empty element will be created. You can also set the value later with <a href="class.domnode.html#domnode.props.nodevalue" class="link">DOMElement::$nodeValue</a>. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-domdocument.createelementns-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> The new <a href="class.domelement.html" class="classname">DOMElement</a> or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if an error occurred. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-domdocument.createelementns-errors"> <h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><strong><code>DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR</code></strong></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Raised if <em><code class="parameter">qualifiedName</code></em> contains an invalid character. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><strong><code>DOM_NAMESPACE_ERR</code></strong></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Raised if <em><code class="parameter">qualifiedName</code></em> is a maformed qualified name. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-domdocument.createelementns-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-5400"> <p><strong>Example #1 Creating a new element and inserting it as root</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$dom </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DOMDocument</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'1.0'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'utf-8'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$element </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">createElementNS</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'http://www.example.com/XFoo'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'xfoo:test'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'This is the root element!'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// We insert the new element as root (child of the document)<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">appendChild</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$element</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">saveXML</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> <div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div> <div class="example-contents screen"> <div class="cdata"><pre> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <xfoo:test xmlns:xfoo="http://www.example.com/XFoo">This is the root element!</xfoo:test> </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="example" id="example-5401"> <p><strong>Example #2 A namespace prefix example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$doc </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DOMDocument</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'1.0'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'utf-8'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">formatOutput </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$root </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">createElementNS</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'element'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">appendChild</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$root</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$root</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">setAttributeNS</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/' </span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'xmlns:g'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$item </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">createElementNS</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'g:item_type'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'house'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$root</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">appendChild</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$item</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">saveXML</span><span style="color: #007700">(), </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$item</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">namespaceURI</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Outputs: http://base.google.com/ns/1.0<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$item</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">prefix</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Outputs: g<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$item</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">localName</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Outputs: item_type<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> <div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div> <div class="example-contents screen"> <div class="cdata"><pre> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0"> <g:item_type>house</g:item_type> </element> http://base.google.com/ns/1.0 g item_type </pre></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-domdocument.createelementns-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.appendchild.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMNode::appendChild()</a> - Adds new child at the end of the children</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.createattribute.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::createAttribute()</a> - Create new attribute</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.createattributens.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::createAttributeNS()</a> - Create new attribute node with an associated namespace</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.createcdatasection.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::createCDATASection()</a> - Create new cdata node</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.createcomment.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::createComment()</a> - Create new comment node</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.createdocumentfragment.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::createDocumentFragment()</a> - Create new document fragment</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.createelement.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::createElement()</a> - Create new element node</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.createentityreference.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::createEntityReference()</a> - Create new entity reference node</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.createprocessinginstruction.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::createProcessingInstruction()</a> - Creates new PI node</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.createtextnode.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::createTextNode()</a> - Create new text node</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" 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