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(); ?>
The above example will output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <test>This is the root element!</test>
DOMDocument::createAttribute() -
DOMDocument::createAttributeNS() -
DOMDocument::createCDATASection() -
DOMDocument::createComment() -
DOMDocument::createDocumentFragment() -
DOMDocument::createElementNS() -
DOMDocument::createEntityReference() -
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