PHP dom_domdocument_save function

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DOMDocument->save()

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

DOMDocument->save() —
Dumps the internal XML tree back into a file
Descriptionclass DOMDocument {

mixed save ( string filename [, int options] )

}

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

filename

The path to the saved XML document.

options

Additional Options. Currently only LIBXML_NOEMPTYTAG is supported.


Return Values

Returns the number of bytes written or FALSE if an error occurred.

ChangeLog

VersionDescription5.1.0 Added the options parameter


Examples

Example 1. Saving a DOM tree into a file

 
$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 'Wrote: ' . $doc->save("/tmp/test.xml") . ' bytes'; // Wrote: 72 bytes

See Also

DOMDocument->saveXML()DOMDocument->load()DOMDocument->loadXML()


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2.26.07 / 1am
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