SimpleXMLElement->addChild()

Adds a child element to the XML node ()

SimpleXMLElement {
  SimpleXMLElement addChild(string name,
                            string value,
                            string namespace);
}

Adds a child element to the node and returns a SimpleXMLElement of the child.

Parameters

name: The name of the child element to add.
value: If specified, the value of the child element.
namespace: If specified, the namespace to which the child element belongs.

Return Values

The addChild method returns a SimpleXMLElement object representing the child added to the XML node.

Examples

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();

?>

See Also

SimpleXMLElement->addAttribute()

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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.

<?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); } ?>

SimpleXMLElement->addChild()

Adds a child element to the XML node ()

Parameters

Return Values

Examples

Example 2248. Add attributes and children to a SimpleXML element

Related Examples ( Source code ) » simplexml element addchild

Code Examples / Notes » simplexml element addchild

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