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# dom_import_simplexml

(PHP 5)

dom_import_simplexml -- Gets a DOMElement object from a SimpleXMLElement object

## Description

DOMElement dom_import_simplexml ( SimpleXMLElement 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.

## Parameters

node

  The SimpleXMLElement node.

## Return Values

The DOMElement node added or `FALSE` if any errors occur.

## Examples

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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