php-doc-en/reference/dom/functions/dom-domdocument-saveXML.xml

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  <refentry id="function.dom-domdocument-savexml">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>DOMDocument->saveXML</refname>
    <refpurpose>Dumps the internal XML tree back into a string</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    &reftitle.description;
    <classsynopsis>
     <ooclass><classname>DOMDocument</classname></ooclass>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>string</type>
      <methodname>saveXML</methodname>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>DOMNode</type><parameter>node</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    </classsynopsis>
    <para>
     Creates an XML document from the dom representation. This function is 
     usually called after building a new dom document from scratch
     as in the example below. The
     <parameter>node</parameter> is used to output only the node rather than the entire document.
    </para>
    <para>
     <example>
      <title>Creating a simple HTML document header</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument("1.0");
$root = $doc->createElement("HTML");
$root = $doc->appendChild($root);
$head = $doc->createElement("HEAD");
$head = $root->appendChild($head);
$title = $doc->createElement("TITLE");
$title = $head->appendChild($title);
$text = $doc->createTextNode("This is the title");
$text = $title->appendChild($text);
echo "<PRE>";
echo htmlentities($doc->saveXML());
echo "</PRE>";
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
    <para>
     See also <link linkend="function.dom-domdocument-load">DOMDocument->load()</link>, 
     <link linkend="function.dom-domdocument-loadxml">DOMDocument->loadXML()</link> 
     and <link linkend="function.dom-domdocument-save">DOMDocument->save()</link>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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