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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<refentry id="function.dom-domdocument-createelement">
<refnamediv>
<refname>DOMDocument->createElement()</refname>
<refpurpose>Create new element node</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<classsynopsis>
<ooclass><classname>DOMDocument</classname></ooclass>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>DOMElement</type><methodname>createElement</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>name</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>value</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
</classsynopsis>
<para>
This function creates a new instance of class
<classname>DOMElement</classname>. &dom.node.inserted;
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>name</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The tag name of the element.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>value</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The value of the element. By default, an empty element will be created.
You can also set the value later with <literal>DOMElement->nodeValue</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns a new instance of class <classname>DOMElement</classname> or &false;
if an error occured.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="errors">
&reftitle.errors;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR</constant></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Raised if <parameter>name</parameter> contains an invalid character.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>Creating a new element and inserting it as root</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');
$element = $dom->createElement('test', 'This is the root element!');
// We insert the new element as root (child of the document)
$dom->appendChild($element);
echo $dom->saveXML();
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen role="xml">
<![CDATA[
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<test>This is the root element!</test>
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><xref linkend="function.dom-domnode-appendchild" /></member>
<member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createattribute" /></member>
<member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createattributens" /></member>
<member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createcdatasection" /></member>
<member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createcomment" /></member>
<member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createdocumentfragment" /></member>
<member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createelementns" /></member>
<member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createentityreference" /></member>
<member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createprocessinginstruction" /></member>
<member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-createtextnode" /></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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