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DomDocument::add_root

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0)

DomDocument::add_root — Adds a root node [deprecated]

Description

domelement DomDocument::add_root ( string $name )

Adds a root element node to a dom document and returns the new node. The element name is given in the passed parameter.

Example #1 Creating a simple HTML document header


<?php
$doc = domxml_new_doc("1.0");
$root = $doc->add_root("html");
$head = $root->new_child("head", "");
$head->new_child("title", "Hier der Titel");
echo htmlentities($doc->dump_mem());
?>

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Jorrit Kronjee 05-Nov-2003 01:16


For those not closely reading the documentation (like me), this is an example of adding a root without add_root.



$new_dom = domxml_new_doc("1.0");

$new_element = $newdom->create_element("root_el");

$new_node = $newdom->append_child($new_element);

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