DOMDocument->createElement() Create new element node &reftitle.description; DOMDocument DOMElementcreateElement stringname stringvalue This function creates a new instance of class DOMElement. &dom.node.inserted; &reftitle.parameters; name The tag name of the element. value The value of the element. By default, an empty element will be created. You can also set the value later with DOMElement->nodeValue. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns a new instance of class DOMElement or &false; if an error occured. &reftitle.exceptions; DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR Raised if name contains an invalid character. &reftitle.examples; createElement('test', 'This is the root element!'); // We insert the new element as root (child of the document) $dom->appendChild($element); echo $dom->saveXML(); ?> ]]> &example.outputs; This is the root element! ]]> &reftitle.seealso;