Last updated: Fri, 26 Sep 2008

DOMDocument::createElementNS

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DOMDocument::createElementNS — Create new element node with an associated namespace

Description

DOMElement DOMDocument::createElementNS ( string $namespaceURI , string $qualifiedName [, string $value ] )

This function creates a new element node with an associated namespace. This node will not show up in the document unless it is inserted with (e.g.) DOMNode->appendChild().

Parameters

namespaceURI: The URI of the namespace.
qualifiedName: The qualified name of the element, as prefix:tagname.
value: The value of the element. By default, an empty element will be created. You can also set the value later with DOMElement->nodeValue.

Return Values

The new DOMElement or FALSE if an error occured.

Errors/Exceptions

DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if qualifiedName contains an invalid character.
DOM_NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if qualifiedName is a maformed qualified name.

Examples

Example #1 Creating a new element and inserting it as root


<?php

$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');

$element = $dom->createElementNS('http://www.example.com/XFoo', 'xfoo:test', 'This is the root element!');

// We insert the new element as root (child of the document)
$dom->appendChild($element);

echo $dom->saveXML();
?>

The above example will output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xfoo:test xmlns:xfoo="http://www.example.com/XFoo">This is the root element!</xfoo:test>