SimpleXMLElement->addChild()

Adds a child element to the XML node ()

Example 2248. Add attributes and children to a SimpleXML element

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<?php

include 'example.php';

$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);
$sxe->addAttribute('type', 'documentary');

$movie = $sxe->addChild('movie');
$movie->addChild('title', 'PHP2: More Parser Stories');
$movie->addChild('plot', 'This is all about the people who make it work.');

$characters = $movie->addChild('characters');
$character  = $characters->addChild('character');
$character->addChild('name', 'Mr. Parser');
$character->addChild('actor', 'John Doe');

$rating = $movie->addChild('rating', '5');
$rating->addAttribute('type', 'stars');


echo $sxe->asXML();

?>

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Code Examples / Notes » simplexml element addchild

l dot j dot peters

Rob Richards and I have come up with a very easy way to append one SimpleXML tree to another: <?php function simplexml_append(SimpleXMLElement $parent, SimpleXMLElement $new_child){ $node1 = dom_import_simplexml($parent); $dom_sxe = dom_import_simplexml($new_child); $node2 = $node1->ownerDocument->importNode($dom_sxe, true); $node1->appendChild($node2); } ?> And adding a textnode is also easy: <?php //$sxe1 (refers to SimpleXMLElement) $node1 = dom_import_simplexml($sxe1); $node1->appendChild(new DOMText("my text")); ?> Ofcourse, you could use this to extend the SimpleXMLElement class and overwrite and improve the existing addChild function. Have fun, Luuk Peters.

ron @ rotflol dot cx

Replacing a node is an easy mod of the simplexml_append function simplexml_replace(SimpleXMLElement $parent, SimpleXMLElement $new_child){ $node1 = dom_import_simplexml($parent); $dom_sxe = dom_import_simplexml($new_child); $node2 = $node1->ownerDocument->importNode($dom_sxe, true); $node1->parentNode->replaceChild($node2,$node1); }

r dot versluis

<?php // phpversion <= 5.1.2 function simplexml_addChild($parent, $name, $value=''){ $new_child = new SimpleXMLElement("<$name>$value</$name>"); $node1 = dom_import_simplexml($parent); $dom_sxe = dom_import_simplexml($new_child); $node2 = $node1->ownerDocument->importNode($dom_sxe, true); $node1->appendChild($node2); return simplexml_import_dom($node2); } function simplexml_addAttribute($parent, $name, $value=''){ $node1 = dom_import_simplexml($parent); $node1->setAttribute($name,$value); return simplexml_import_dom($node1); } ?>

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SimpleXMLElement->addAttribute()
SimpleXMLElement->addChild()
SimpleXMLElement->asXML()
SimpleXMLElement->attributes()
SimpleXMLElement->children()
SimpleXMLElement->__construct()
SimpleXMLElement->getDocNamespaces()
SimpleXMLElement->getName()
SimpleXMLElement->getNamespaces()
SimpleXMLElement->registerXPathNamespace()
SimpleXMLElement->xpath()
simplexml_import_dom
simplexml_load_file
simplexml_load_string