The DOMDocument::appendXML() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to append raw XML data to a DOMDocumentFragment.
Syntax:
bool DOMDocumentFragment::appendXML( string $data )
Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $data which holds the XML to append.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Below given programs illustrate the DOMDocument::appendXML() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Create a new DOMDocument $doc = new DOMDocument; // Load the XML $doc->loadXML("<root/>"); // Create a Document Fragment $f = $doc->createDocumentFragment(); // Append the XML to fragment $f->appendXML( "<h1>Heading 1</h1><strong>Strong text</strong>"); // Append the fragment to document $doc->documentElement->appendChild($f); // Save the XML echo $doc->saveXML(); ?> |
Output:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <root><h1>Heading 1</h1><strong>Strong text</strong></root>
Program 2:
<?php // Create a new DOMDocument $doc = new DOMDocument; // Load the XML $doc->loadXML("<root/>"); // Create a Document Fragment $f = $doc->createDocumentFragment(); // Append the XML to fragment $f->appendXML("<h1 style=\"color: red\"> Red </h1>"); $f->appendXML("<h1 style=\"color: green\"> Green </h1>"); $f->appendXML("<h1 style=\"color: blue\"> Blue </h1>"); // Append the fragment to document $doc->documentElement->appendChild($f); // Save the XML echo $doc->saveXML(); ?> |
Output:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<h1 style="color: red"> Red </h1>
<h1 style="color: green"> Green </h1>
<h1 style="color: blue"> Blue </h1>
</root>
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocumentfragment.appendxml.php
