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<h1 class="refname">DOMDocument::importNode</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DOMDocument::importNode</span> — <span class="dc-title">Import node into current document</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DOMDocument::importNode</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <code class="parameter">$importedNode</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">bool</span> <code class="parameter">$deep</code></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
This function returns a copy of the node to import and associates it with
the current document.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-domdocument.importnode-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">importedNode</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The node to import.
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">deep</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
If set to <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong>, this method will recursively import the subtree under
the <em><code class="parameter">importedNode</code></em>.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
To copy the nodes attributes <em><code class="parameter">deep</code></em> needs to be set to <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong>
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-domdocument.importnode-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
The copied node or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>, if it cannot be copied.
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<div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-domdocument.importnode-errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
<p class="para">
<a href="class.domexception.html" class="classname">DOMException</a> is thrown if node cannot be imported.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-domdocument.importnode-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>DOMDocument::importNode()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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Copying nodes between documents.
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$orgdoc </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DOMDocument</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$orgdoc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">loadXML</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<root><element><child>text in child</child></element></root>"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// The node we want to import to a new document<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$node </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$orgdoc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getElementsByTagName</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"element"</span><span style="color: #007700">)-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">item</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Create a new document<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newdoc </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DOMDocument</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newdoc</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 /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Add some markup<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newdoc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">loadXML</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<root><someelement>text in some element</someelement></root>"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"The 'new document' before copying nodes into it:\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newdoc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">saveXML</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Import the node, and all its children, to the document<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$node </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newdoc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">importNode</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$node</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// And then append it to the "<root>" node<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newdoc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">documentElement</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">appendChild</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$node</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\nThe 'new document' after copying the nodes into it:\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newdoc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">saveXML</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
The 'new document' before copying nodes into it:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<someelement>text in some element</someelement>
</root>
The 'new document' after copying the nodes into it:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<someelement>text in some element</someelement>
<element>
<child>text in child</child>
</element>
</root>
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