DOM Functions
justinpatrin at php dot net:
> To get a proper DOM document (which you need to do most things) you need...
No you don't. Just do:
<?php
$dom = dom_import_simplexml($xml)->ownerDocument;
?>
dom_import_simplexml
(PHP 5)
dom_import_simplexml — Gets a DOMElement object from a SimpleXMLElement object
Description
This function takes the node node of class SimpleXML and makes it into a DOMElement node. This new object can then be used as a native DOMElement node.
Parameters
- node
-
The SimpleXMLElement node.
Return Values
The DOMElement node added or FALSE if any errors occur.
Examples
Example #1 Import SimpleXML into DOM with dom_import_simplexml()
<?php
$sxe = simplexml_load_string('<books><book><title>blah</title></book></books>');
if ($sxe === false) {
echo 'Error while parsing the document';
exit;
}
$dom_sxe = dom_import_simplexml($sxe);
if (!$dom_sxe) {
echo 'Error while converting XML';
exit;
}
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0');
$dom_sxe = $dom->importNode($dom_sxe, true);
$dom_sxe = $dom->appendChild($dom_sxe);
echo $dom->saveXML();
?>
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crescentfreshpot at yahoo dot com
12-Dec-2007 03:22
12-Dec-2007 03:22
justinpatrin at php dot net
02-Jun-2006 12:44
02-Jun-2006 12:44
I've found that newer versions of PHP5 require some special syntax in order to properly convert between SimpleXML and DOM. It's not as easy as calling dom_import_simplexml() with a SimpleXML node. To get a proper DOM document (which you need to do most things) you need:
<?php
//$xml is a SimpleXML instance
$domnode = dom_import_simplexml($xml);
$dom = new DOMDocument();
$domnode = $dom->importNode($domnode, true);
$dom->appendChild($domnode);
?>
Switching back, though, is, well...simple.
<?php
//$dom is a DOMDocument instance
$xml = simplexml_import_dom($dom);
?>