The DOMDocument::__construct() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to create a new DOMDocument object.
Syntax:
public DOMDocument::__construct( string $version, string $encoding )
Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- $version: This parameter holds the version of the document as part of the XML declaration.
- $encoding: This parameter holds the document encoding as part of the XML declaration.
Below programs illustrate the DOMDocument::__construct() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php   // Create new DOMDocument $dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');   // Display the output echo $dom->saveXML();   ?> |
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
Program 2:
<?php   // Create new DOMDocument $dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');   // Set xmlStandalone() function to True $dom->xmlStandalone = "true";   // Display the output echo $dom->saveXML();   ?> |
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" standalone="no"?>
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.construct.php
