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<h1 class="refname">DOMImplementation::createDocument</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DOMImplementation::createDocument</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Creates a DOMDocument object of the specified type with its document element
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="class.domdocument.html" class="type DOMDocument">DOMDocument</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DOMImplementation::createDocument</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$namespaceURI</code><span class="initializer"> = <strong><code>NULL</code></strong></span></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$qualifiedName</code><span class="initializer"> = <strong><code>NULL</code></strong></span></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domdocumenttype.html" class="type DOMDocumentType">DOMDocumentType</a></span> <code class="parameter">$doctype</code><span class="initializer"> = <strong><code>NULL</code></strong></span></span>
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Creates a <a href="class.domdocument.html" class="classname">DOMDocument</a> object of the specified type
with its document element.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">namespaceURI</code></em></span>
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The namespace URI of the document element to create.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">qualifiedName</code></em></span>
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The qualified name of the document element to create.
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">doctype</code></em></span>
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The type of document to create or <strong><code>NULL</code></strong>.
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</dd>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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A new <a href="class.domdocument.html" class="classname">DOMDocument</a> object. If
<em><code class="parameter">namespaceURI</code></em>, <em><code class="parameter">qualifiedName</code></em>,
and <em><code class="parameter">doctype</code></em> are null, the returned
<a href="class.domdocument.html" class="classname">DOMDocument</a> is empty with no document element
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<div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-domimplementation.createdocument-errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
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<span class="term"><strong><code>DOM_WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR</code></strong></span>
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Raised if <em><code class="parameter">doctype</code></em> has already been used with a
different document or was created from a different implementation.
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><strong><code>DOM_NAMESPACE_ERR</code></strong></span>
<dd>
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Raised if there is an error with the namespace, as determined by
<em><code class="parameter">namespaceURI</code></em> and <em><code class="parameter">qualifiedName</code></em>.
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</dd>
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<p class="para">This method <em class="emphasis">may</em> be called statically, but will issue an <strong><code>E_STRICT</code></strong> error.</p>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-domimplementation.createdocument-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.construct.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::__construct()</a> - Creates a new DOMDocument object</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domimplementation.createdocumenttype.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMImplementation::createDocumentType()</a> - Creates an empty DOMDocumentType object</span></li>
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