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<h1 class="refname">simplexml_import_dom</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">simplexml_import_dom</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get a <em>SimpleXMLElement</em> object from a DOM node.</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="class.simplexmlelement.html" class="type SimpleXMLElement">SimpleXMLElement</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>simplexml_import_dom</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <code class="parameter">$node</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$class_name</code><span class="initializer"> = "SimpleXMLElement"</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
This function takes a node of a <a href="book.dom.html" class="link">DOM</a>
document and makes it into a SimpleXML node. This new object can
then be used as a native SimpleXML element.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.simplexml-import-dom-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">node</code></em></span>
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<p class="para">
A <a href="book.dom.html" class="link">DOM</a> Element node
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</dd>
</dt>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">class_name</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
You may use this optional parameter so that
<span class="function"><strong>simplexml_import_dom()</strong></span> will return an object of
the specified class. That class should extend the
<span class="type"><a href="class.simplexmlelement.html" class="type SimpleXMLElement">SimpleXMLElement</a></span> class.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.simplexml-import-dom-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns a <span class="type"><a href="class.simplexmlelement.html" class="type SimpleXMLElement">SimpleXMLElement</a></span> or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.simplexml-import-dom-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 Importing DOM</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$dom </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DOMDocument</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">loadXML</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'<books><book><title>blah</title></book></books>'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Error while parsing the document'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> exit;<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$s </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">simplexml_import_dom</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$s</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">book</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">]-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">title</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
blah
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.simplexml-import-dom-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.dom-import-simplexml.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">dom_import_simplexml()</a> - Gets a DOMElement object from a
SimpleXMLElement object</span></li>
<li class="member"><a href="simplexml.examples-basic.html" class="xref">Basic SimpleXML usage</a></li>
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