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# dom_import_SimpleXML

(PHP 5)

dom_import_SimpleXML -- Get a DOMElement object from a SimpleXMLElement object

## Description

object dom_import_simplexml ( object node)

This function takes the node node of class SimpleXML and makes it into a DOMElement node. This new object can then be used as a native DOMElement node. If any errors occur, it returns `FALSE`.

Example 1. Import SimpleXML into DOM with `dom_import_simplexml`

`<?php $sxe = simplexml_load_string('<books><book><title>blah</title></book></books>'); if ($sxe === false) { echo 'Error while parsing the document'; exit; } $dom_sxe = dom_import_simplexml($sxe); if (!$dom_sxe) { echo 'Error while converting XML'; exit; } $dom = new domdocument("1.0"); $dom_sxe = $dom->importnode($dom_sxe, true); $dom_sxe = $dom->appendchild($dom_sxe); echo $dom->savexml(); ?>`

See also simplexml_import_dom().

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