SimpleXMLElement::addChild
Adds a child element to the XML node
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SimpleXMLElement
SimpleXMLElementaddChild
stringname
stringvalue
stringnamespace
Adds a child element to the node and returns a SimpleXMLElement of the child.
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name
The name of the child element to add.
value
If specified, the value of the child element.
namespace
If specified, the namespace to which the child element belongs.
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The addChild method returns a SimpleXMLElement
object representing the child added to the XML node.
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Add attributes and children to a SimpleXML element
addAttribute('type', 'documentary');
$movie = $sxe->addChild('movie');
$movie->addChild('title', 'PHP2: More Parser Stories');
$movie->addChild('plot', 'This is all about the people who make it work.');
$characters = $movie->addChild('characters');
$character = $characters->addChild('character');
$character->addChild('name', 'Mr. Parser');
$character->addChild('actor', 'John Doe');
$rating = $movie->addChild('rating', '5');
$rating->addAttribute('type', 'stars');
echo $sxe->asXML();
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