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.
Return Values
The
DOMElement
node added or
FALSE
if any errors occur.
Examples
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();
?>
