DomDocument->add_root Adds a root node [deprecated] &reftitle.description; domelementDomDocument->add_root stringname Adds a root element node to a dom document and returns the new node. The element name is given in the passed parameter. Creating a simple HTML document header add_root("html"); $head = $root->new_child("head", ""); $head->new_child("title", "Hier der Titel"); echo htmlentities($doc->dump_mem()); ?> ]]>