simplexml_import_dom

Get a SimpleXMLElement object from a DOM node. (PHP 5)
SimpleXMLElement simplexml_import_dom ( DOMNode node [, string class_name] )

Example 2261. Importing DOM

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<?php

$dom = new DOMDocument;
$dom->loadXML('<books><book><title>blah</title></book></books>');

if (!$dom) {

    echo 'Error while parsing the document';

    exit;

}

$s = simplexml_import_dom($dom);


echo $s->book[0]->title; // blah
?>

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Please note that a valid SimpleXMLElement is typecasted to false. <?php $string = '<root><foo>abc</foo></root>'; $xml = DOMDocument::loadXML($string); $xml = simplexml_import_dom($xml); echo 'simplexml_import_dom'; var_dump($xml); var_dump((bool)$xml); $xml = simplexml_load_string('<root><foo>abc</foo></root>'); echo 'simplexml_load_string'; var_dump($xml); var_dump((bool)$xml); $xml = simplexml_load_file('test.xml'); echo 'simplexml_load_file'; var_dump($xml); var_dump((bool)$xml); ?> Outputs: --START-- simplexml_import_dom object(SimpleXMLElement)[2] public 'foo' => 'abc' false simplexml_load_string object(SimpleXMLElement)[1] public 'foo' => 'abc' false simplexml_load_file object(SimpleXMLElement)[2] public 'foo' => 'abc' false --END--

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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