The DOMDocument::saveXML() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to create an XML document from the DOM representation. This function is used after building a new dom document from scratch.
Syntax:
string DOMDocument::saveXML( DOMNode $node, int $options = 0 )
Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- $node: This parameter is used for output only for specific node without XML declaration rather than the entire document.
- $options: This parameter adds the additional options. Currently this parameter supports only LIBXML_NOEMPTYTAG.
Return Value: This function returns the XML document on success or FALSE on failure.
Below programs illustrate the DOMDocument::saveXML() function in PHP:
Program 1:
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<?php // Create a new DOMDocument $domDocument = new DOMDocument( '1.0' , 'iso-8859-1' ); // Use createTextNode() function to create a text node $domTN = $domDocument ->createTextNode( 'neveropen' ); // Append element to the document $domDocument ->appendChild( $domTN ); // Use saveXML() function to save the XML document echo $domDocument ->saveXML(); ?> |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> neveropen
Program 2:
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<?php // Create a new DOMDocument $domDocument = new DOMDocument( '1.0' , 'iso-8859-1' ); // Use createElement() function to create an element node $domElement = $domDocument ->createElement( 'organization' , 'neveropen' ); // Append element to the document $domDocument ->appendChild( $domElement ); // Use saveXML() function to save a XML document echo $domDocument ->saveXML(); ?> |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <organization>neveropen</organization>
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.savexml.php