PHP dom_domdocument_createelementns function

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DOMDocument->createElementNS()

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

DOMDocument->createElementNS() —
Create new element node with an associated namespace
Descriptionclass DOMDocument {

DOMElement createElementNS ( string namespaceURI, string qualifiedName [, string value] )

}

This function creates a new element node with an associated namespace.
This node will not show up in the document unless
it is inserted with e.g. DOMNode->appendChild().

Parameters

namespaceURI

The URI of the namespace.

qualifiedName

The qualified name of the element, as prefix:tagname.

value

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


Return Values

The new DOMElement or FALSE if an error occured.

Errors/Exceptions

DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR

Raised if qualifiedName contains an invalid character.

DOM_NAMESPACE_ERR

Raised if qualifiedName is a maformed qualified
name.


Examples

Example 1. Creating a new element and inserting it as root

 
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');
 
$element = $dom->createElementNS('http://www.example.com/XFoo', 'xfoo: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=”iso-8859-1″?>
<xfoo:test xmlns:xfoo=”http://www.example.com/XFoo”>This is the root element!</xfoo:test>

See Also

DOMNode->appendChild()DOMDocument->createAttribute()DOMDocument->createAttributeNS()DOMDocument->createCDATASection()DOMDocument->createComment()DOMDocument->createDocumentFragment()DOMDocument->createElement()DOMDocument->createEntityReference()DOMDocument->createProcessingInstruction()DOMDocument->createTextNode()


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Published:
2.26.07 / 1am
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