DOMDocument::createElement

This function creates a new instance of class DOMElement. This node will not show up in the document unless it is inserted with (e.g.) DOMNode::appendChild().

The tag name of the element.

The value of the element. By default, an empty element will be created. The value can also be set later with DOMElement::$nodeValue.

Returns a new instance of class DOMElement or FALSE if an error occurred.

Raised if name contains an invalid character.

The value will not be escaped. Use DOMDocument::createTextNode() to create a text node with escaping support.

<?php

$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'utf-8');

$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();
?>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<test>This is the root element!</test>

DOMNode::appendChild() -

DOMDocument::createAttribute() -

DOMDocument::createAttributeNS() -

DOMDocument::createCDATASection() -

DOMDocument::createComment() -

DOMDocument::createDocumentFragment() -

DOMDocument::createElementNS() -

DOMDocument::createEntityReference() -

DOMDocument::createProcessingInstruction() -

DOMDocument::createTextNode() -