dom_import_simplexml

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

Gets a DOMElement object from a SimpleXMLElement object

DOMElement dom_import_simplexml ( SimpleXMLElement $node )

This function takes the node node of class SimpleXML and makes it into a DOMElement node. This new object can then be used as a native DOMElement node.

Parameters:

node

The SimpleXMLElement node.

Returns:

The DOMElement node added or FALSE if any errors occur.

Examples:

Import SimpleXML into DOM with dom_import_simplexml()

<?php
 
$sxe = simplexml_load_string('<books><book><title>blah</title></book></books>');
 
if ($sxe === false) {
    echo 'Error while parsing the document';
    exit;
}
 
$dom_sxe = dom_import_simplexml($sxe);
if (!$dom_sxe) {
    echo 'Error while converting XML';
    exit;
}
 
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0');
$dom_sxe = $dom->importNode($dom_sxe, true);
$dom_sxe = $dom->appendChild($dom_sxe);
 
echo $dom->saveXML();
 
?>