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# DOMDocument->saveHTMLFile()

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DOMDocument->saveHTMLFile() -- Dumps the internal document into a file using HTML formatting

## Description

class DOMDocument {
int saveHTMLFile ( string filename )
}

Creates an HTML document from the DOM representation. This function is usually called after building a new dom document from scratch as in the example below.

## Parameters

filename

  The path to the saved HTML document.

## Return Values

Returns the number of bytes written or `FALSE` if an error occurred.

## Examples

Example 1. Saving a HTML tree into a file
`<?php $doc = new DOMDocument('1.0'); // we want a nice output $doc->formatOutput = true; $root = $doc->createElement('html'); $root = $doc->appendChild($root); $head = $doc->createElement('head'); $head = $root->appendChild($head); $title = $doc->createElement('title'); $title = $head->appendChild($title); $text = $doc->createTextNode('This is the title'); $text = $title->appendChild($text); echo 'Wrote: ' . $doc->saveHTMLFile("/tmp/test.html") . ' bytes'; // Wrote: 129 bytes ?>`

## See Also

DOMDocument->saveHTML()
DOMDocument->loadHTML()
DOMDocument->loadHTMLFile()

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