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<refentry xml:id='function.dom-domimplementation-createdocument' xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>DOMImplementation->createDocument()</refname>
  <refpurpose>
   Creates a DOMDocument object of the specified type with its document element
  </refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <classsynopsis>
   <ooclass><classname>DOMImplementation</classname></ooclass>
   <methodsynopsis>
    <type>DOMDocument</type><methodname>createDocument</methodname>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>namespaceURI</parameter></methodparam>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>qualifiedName</parameter></methodparam>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>DOMDocumentType</type><parameter>doctype</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
  </classsynopsis>
  <para>
   Creates a <classname>DOMDocument</classname> object of the specified type
   with its document element. 
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>namespaceURI</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The namespace URI of the document element to create.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>qualifiedName</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The qualified name of the document element to create.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>doctype</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The type of document to create or &null;.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   A new <classname>DOMDocument</classname> object. If 
   <parameter>namespaceURI</parameter>, <parameter>qualifiedName</parameter>, 
   and <parameter>doctype</parameter> are null, the returned 
   <classname>DOMDocument</classname> is empty with no document element
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="errors">
  &reftitle.errors;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><constant>DOM_WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR</constant></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Raised if <parameter>doctype</parameter> has already been used with a 
       different document or was created from a different implementation.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><constant>DOM_NAMESPACE_ERR</constant></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Raised if there is an error with the namespace, as determined by 
       <parameter>namespaceURI</parameter> and <parameter>qualifiedName</parameter>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-construct" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domimplementation-createdocumenttype" /></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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