DOMElement->__construct() Creates a new DOMElement object &reftitle.description; DOMElement __construct stringname stringvalue stringnamespaceURI Creates a new DOMElement object. This object is read only. It may be appended to a document, but additional nodes may not be appended to this node until the node is associated with a document. To create a writeable node, use or . &reftitle.parameters; name The tag name of the element. When also passing in namespaceURI, the element name may take a prefix to be associated with the URI. value The value of the element. namespaceURI A namespace URI to create the element within a specific namespace. &reftitle.examples; appendChild(new DOMElement('root')); $element_ns = new DOMElement('pr:node1', 'thisvalue', 'http://xyz'); $element->appendChild($element_ns); echo $dom->saveXML(); /* thisvalue */ ?> ]]> &reftitle.seealso;