DOMDocument->saveXML()

Description

Creates an XML document from the DOM representation. This function is usually called after building a new dom document from scratch as in the example below.

Parameters

Return Values

Returns the XML, or FALSE if an error occurred.

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Examples

Example 1. Saving a DOM tree into a string <?php $doc = new DOMDocument('1.0'); // we want a nice output $doc->formatOutput = true; $root = $doc->createElement('book'); $root = $doc->appendChild($root); $title = $doc->createElement('title'); $title = $root->appendChild($title); $text = $doc->createTextNode('This is the title'); $text = $title->appendChild($text); echo "Saving all the document:\n"; echo $doc->saveXML() . "\n"; echo "Saving only the title part:\n"; echo $doc->saveXML($title); ?> The above example will output: Saving all the document: <?xml version="1.0"?> <book> <title>This is the title</title> </book> Saving only the title part: <title>This is the title</title>

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