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(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DOMDocument::importNode — Import node into current document
This function returns a copy of the node to import and associates it with the current document.
The copied node or false
, if it cannot be copied.
DOMException is thrown if node cannot be imported.
Example #1 DOMDocument::importNode() example
Copying nodes between documents.
<?php
$orgdoc = new DOMDocument;
$orgdoc->loadXML("<root><element><child>text in child</child></element></root>");
// The node we want to import to a new document
$node = $orgdoc->getElementsByTagName("element")->item(0);
// Create a new document
$newdoc = new DOMDocument;
$newdoc->formatOutput = true;
// Add some markup
$newdoc->loadXML("<root><someelement>text in some element</someelement></root>");
echo "The 'new document' before copying nodes into it:\n";
echo $newdoc->saveXML();
// Import the node, and all its children, to the document
$node = $newdoc->importNode($node, true);
// And then append it to the "<root>" node
$newdoc->documentElement->appendChild($node);
echo "\nThe 'new document' after copying the nodes into it:\n";
echo $newdoc->saveXML();
?>
The above example will output:
The 'new document' before copying nodes into it: <?xml version="1.0"?> <root> <someelement>text in some element</someelement> </root> The 'new document' after copying the nodes into it: <?xml version="1.0"?> <root> <someelement>text in some element</someelement> <element> <child>text in child</child> </element> </root>