The DOMDocument::createDocumentFragment() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to create a new document fragment.
Syntax:
DOMDocumentFragment DOMDocument::createDocumentFragment( void )
Parameters: This function doesn’t accepts any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns a new DOMDocumentFragment or FALSE if an error occurred.
Below programs illustrate the DOMDocument::createDocumentFragment() function in PHP:
Program 1: In this example we will create headings with fragments.
<?php // Create a new DOM Document $dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1'); // Create a root element $dom->loadXML("<root/>"); // Create a Fragment $fragment = $dom->createDocumentFragment(); // Append the XML $fragment->appendXML( "<h1>Heading 1</h1><h2>Heading 2</h2><h3>Heading 3</h3>"); // Append the fragment $dom->documentElement->appendChild($fragment); echo $dom->saveXML(); ?> |
Output:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <root><h1>Heading 1</h1><h2>Heading 2</h2><h3>Heading 3</h3></root>
Program 2: In this example we will create colored lines
<?php // Create a new DOM Document $dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1'); // Create a root element $dom->loadXML("<root/>"); // Create a Fragment $fragment = $dom->createDocumentFragment(); // Colors $colors = ['red', 'green', 'blue']; for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) { // Append the XML $fragment->appendXML( "<div style='color: $colors[$i]'>This is $colors[$i]</div>"); // Append the fragment $dom->documentElement->appendChild($fragment); } echo $dom->saveXML(); ?> |
Output:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<div style="color: red">This is red</div>
<div style="color: green">This is green</div>
<div style="color: blue">This is blue</div>
</root>
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.createdocumentfragment.php
