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<refentry id="function.dom-domdocument-createentityreference">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>DOMDocument->createEntityReference()</refname>
  <refpurpose>Create new entity reference node</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <classsynopsis>
   <ooclass><classname>DOMDocument</classname></ooclass>
   <methodsynopsis>
    <type>DOMEntityReference</type><methodname>createEntityReference</methodname>
    <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>name</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
  </classsynopsis>
  <para>
   This function creates a new instance of class
   <classname>DOMEntityReference</classname>. &dom.node.inserted;
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>name</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The content of the entity reference, e.g. the entity reference minus
       the leading <literal>&amp;</literal> and the trailing
       <literal>;</literal> characters.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The new <classname>DOMEntityReference</classname> or &false; if an error
   occured.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="exceptions">
  &reftitle.exceptions;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><constant>DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR</constant></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Raised if <parameter>name</parameter> contains an invalid character.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domnode-appendchild" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createattribute" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createattributens" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createcdatasection" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createcomment" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createdocumentfragment" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createelement" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createelementns" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createprocessinginstruction" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createtextnode" /></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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