PHP simplexml_import_dom() function

Example

Get the DOM document node and convert it to a SimpleXML node:

<?php$dom=new domDocument;$dom->loadXML("<note><to>Tove</to><from>Jani</from></note>");$x=simplexml_import_dom($dom) ;echo $x->from;?>

Definition and usage

The simplexml_import_dom() function returns a SimpleXMLElement object from a DOM node.

grammar

 simplexml_import_dom( node,classname );

parameter	describe
node	Required. Specifies the DOM element node.
classname	Optional. Specifies the class of the new object.

technical details

Return value:	Returns a SimpleXMLElement object if successful, or FALSE if failed.
PHP version:	5+

More examples

Example 1

Output the title of the second book node in the DOM document:

<?php$dom=new domDocument;$dom->loadXML("<books><book><title>Title1</title></book><book><title>Title2</title></book>< /books>");$x=simplexml_import_dom($dom);echo $x->book[1]->title;?>