(PHP 8 >= 8.4.0)
Dom\import_simplexml — Gets a Dom\Attr or Dom\Element object from a SimpleXMLElement object
This function takes the given attribute or element node (a
SimpleXMLElement instance) and creates a
Dom\Attr or Dom\Element node, respectively.
The new Dom\Node refers to the same underlying XML node
as the SimpleXMLElement.
nodeThe attribute or element node to import (a SimpleXMLElement instance).
The Dom\Attr or Dom\Element.
Example #1 Import SimpleXML into DOM and modify SimpleXML through DOM
Error handling omitted for brevity.
<?php
$sxe = simplexml_load_string('<books><book><title>blah</title></book></books>');
$elt = Dom\import_simplexml($sxe);
$elt->setAttribute("foo", "bar");
echo $sxe->asXML();
?>The above example will output:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <books foo="bar"><book><title>blah</title></book></books>