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DOMDocument->createElement() — Create new element node
This function creates a new instance of class DOMElement. Этот узел не будет отображаться в документе до тех пор, пока он не будет вставлен, к пример функцией DOMNode->appendChild().
The tag name of the element.
The value of the element. By default, an empty element will be created. You can also set the value later with DOMElement->nodeValue.
Returns a new instance of class DOMElement or FALSE if an error occured.
Raised if name contains an invalid character.
Example#1 Creating a new element and inserting it as root
<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');
$element = $dom->createElement('test', 'This is the root element!');
// We insert the new element as root (child of the document)
$dom->appendChild($element);
echo $dom->saveXML();
?>
Результат выполнения данного примера:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<test>This is the root element!</test>