The simplexml_import_dom() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to take a node of DOM document and convert it into a SimpleXML node.
Syntax:
SimpleXMLElement simplexml_import_dom( $node, $class_name = "SimpleXMLElement" )
Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- $node: This parameter holds the DOM element node.
- $class_name: It is optional parameter which holds the class name. If this parameter is used then simplexml_import_dom() function returns the object of specified class. The class should extend the SimpleXMLElement class.
Return Value: This function returns the SimpleXMLElement on success or FALSE on failure.
Below program illustrates the simplexml_import_dom() function in PHP:
Program:
php
<?php// Create an instance of DOMDocument$dom = new DOMDocument;// Load XML document$dom -> loadXML('<organization> <name>neveropen</name> <address>Noida India</address> <contact> <email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email> <mobile>+91-987654321</mobile> </contact> </organization>');// Use simplexml_import_dom() function to get a// SimpleXMLElement object from a DOM node$doc = simplexml_import_dom($dom);// Display the content of XML documentvar_dump($doc->contact[0]->email);var_dump($doc->contact[0]->mobile);?> |
Output:
object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (1) {
[0]=>
string(21) "abc@geeksforgeeks.org"
}
object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (1) {
[0]=>
string(13) "+91-987654321"
}
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-import-dom.php
