PHP Tutorial - PHP simplexml_import_dom() Function

The simplexml_import_dom() function returns a SimpleXMLElement object from a DOM node.

Syntax

PHP simplexml_import_dom() Function has the following syntax.

simplexml_import_dom(node,classname);

Parameter

Parameter	Is Required	Description
node	Required.	A DOM element node
classname	Optional.	Class of the new object

Return

Returns a SimpleXMLElement object on success. FALSE on failure.

Example

Take a node of a DOM document and make it into a SimpleXML node:

<?php
$dom=new domDocument;
$dom->loadXML("<book><name>PHP</name><name>Java</name></book>");
$x=simplexml_import_dom($dom);
echo $x->from;
?>

Output the title of the second book node in the DOM document:

<?php
$dom=new domDocument;
$dom->loadXML("<books><book><title>Java</title></book><book><title>PHP</title></book></books>");
$x=simplexml_import_dom($dom);
echo $x->book[1]->title;
?>