dom_import_simplexml

(PHP 5)

dom_import_simplexml --  Get a DOMElement object from a SimpleXMLElement object

Description

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. If any errors occur, it returns FALSE.

Example 1. 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();
?>

See also simplexml_import_dom().