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<div id="function.simplexml-import-dom" class="refentry">
<div class="refnamediv">
<h1 class="refname">simplexml_import_dom</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">simplexml_import_dom</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get a <i>SimpleXMLElement</i> object from a DOM node.</span></p>
</div>
<a name="function.simplexml-import-dom.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="class.simplexmlelement.php" class="type SimpleXMLElement">SimpleXMLElement</a></span> <span class="methodname"><b>simplexml_import_dom</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.php" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <tt class="parameter">$node</tt></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <tt class="parameter">$class_name</tt><span class="initializer"> = "SimpleXMLElement"</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
This function takes a node of a <a href="book.dom.php" class="link">DOM</a>
document and makes it into a SimpleXML node. This new object can
then be used as a native SimpleXML element.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.simplexml-import-dom.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">node</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
A <a href="book.dom.php" class="link">DOM</a> Element node
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">class_name</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
You may use this optional parameter so that
<b>simplexml_import_dom()</b> will return an object of
the specified class. That class should extend the
<a href="class.simplexmlelement.php" class="type SimpleXMLElement">SimpleXMLElement</a> class.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.simplexml-import-dom.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns a <a href="class.simplexmlelement.php" class="type SimpleXMLElement">SimpleXMLElement</a> or <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b> on failure.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.simplexml-import-dom.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 Importing DOM</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$dom </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DOMDocument</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">loadXML</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'<books><book><title>blah</title></book></books>'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Error while parsing the document'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> exit;<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$s </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">simplexml_import_dom</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dom</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$s</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">book</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">]-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">title</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// blah<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
</div><p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.simplexml-import-dom.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><a href="function.dom-import-simplexml.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">dom_import_simplexml()</a> - Gets a DOMElement object from a
SimpleXMLElement object</li>
</ul><p>
</p>
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