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<h1 class="refname">DOMDocument::createProcessingInstruction</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DOMDocument::createProcessingInstruction</span> — <span class="dc-title">Creates new PI node</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="class.domprocessinginstruction.html" class="type DOMProcessingInstruction">DOMProcessingInstruction</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DOMDocument::createProcessingInstruction</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$target</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$data</code></span>
] )</div>
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This function creates a new instance of class
<a href="class.domprocessinginstruction.html" class="classname">DOMProcessingInstruction</a>. 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>.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-domdocument.createprocessinginstruction-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">target</code></em></span>
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The target of the processing instruction.
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</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">data</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The content of the processing instruction.
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-domdocument.createprocessinginstruction-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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The new <a href="class.domprocessinginstruction.html" class="classname">DOMProcessingInstruction</a> or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if an error occurred.
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<div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-domdocument.createprocessinginstruction-errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
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<span class="term"><strong><code>DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR</code></strong></span>
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Raised if <em><code class="parameter">target</code></em> contains an invalid character.
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-domdocument.createprocessinginstruction-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<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.createelementns.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::createElementNS()</a> - Create new element node with an associated namespace</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.createtextnode.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::createTextNode()</a> - Create new text node</span></li>
</ul>
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