The DOMDocument::createElement() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to create a new instance of class DOMElement.
Syntax:
DOMElement DOMDocument::createElement( string $name, string $value )
Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- $name: This parameter holds the tag name of the element.
- $value: This parameter holds the value of the element. The default value of this function creates an empty element. The value of element can be set later using DOMElement::$nodeValue.
Return Value: This function returns a new instance of class DOMElement on success or FALSE on failure.
Below programs illustrate the DOMDocument::createElement() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php   // Create a new DOMDocument $domDocument = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');   // Use createElement() function to add a new element node $domElement = $domDocument->createElement('organization', 'neveropen');   // Append element to the document $domDocument->appendChild($domElement);   // Save XML file and display it echo $domDocument->saveXML();   ?> |
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <organization>neveropen</organization>
Program 2:
<?php   // Create a new DOMDocument $domDocument = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');   // Use createElement() function to add a new element node $domElement1 = $domDocument->createElement('organization'); $domElement2 = $domDocument->createElement('name', 'neveropen'); $domElement3 = $domDocument->createElement('address', 'Noida'); $domElement4 = $domDocument->createElement('email', 'abc@geeksforgeeks.org');   // Append element to the document $domDocument->appendChild($domElement1); $domElement1->appendChild($domElement2); $domElement1->appendChild($domElement3); $domElement1->appendChild($domElement4);   // Save XML file and display it echo $domDocument->saveXML();   ?> |
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<organization>
<name>neveropen</name>
<address>Noida</address>
<email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>
</organization>
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.createelement.php
