<!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>Gets a DOMElement object from a SimpleXMLElement object</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="ref.dom.html">DOM Functions</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="book.libxml.html">libxml</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.dom.html">DOM Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.dom-import-simplexml" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <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 </span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.dom-import-simplexml-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <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">$node</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> This function takes the node <em><code class="parameter">node</code></em> of class <a href="ref.simplexml.html" class="link">SimpleXML</a> and makes it into a <a href="class.domelement.html" class="classname">DOMElement</a> node. This new object can then be used as a native <a href="class.domelement.html" class="classname">DOMElement</a> node. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.dom-import-simplexml-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">node</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The <a href="class.simplexmlelement.html" class="classname">SimpleXMLElement</a> node. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.dom-import-simplexml-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> The <a href="class.domelement.html" class="classname">DOMElement</a> node added or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if any errors occur. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.dom-import-simplexml-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <div class="example" id="example-5438"> <p><strong>Example #1 Import SimpleXML into DOM with <span class="function"><strong>dom_import_simplexml()</strong></span></strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$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> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.dom-import-simplexml-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <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> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="ref.dom.html">DOM Functions</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="book.libxml.html">libxml</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.dom.html">DOM Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>