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PHP addChild() Function

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Definition and Usage

The addChild() function adds a child element to a specified XML node.

Syntax

class SimpleXMLElement
{
string addChild(name,value,ns)
}

Parameter Description
name Required. Specifies the name of the child element
value Optional. Specifies the value of the child element
ns Optional. Specifies the namespace of the child element

Example

XML File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>

PHP Code

<?php
$xml = simplexml_load_file("test.xml");

$xml->body[0]->addChild("date", "2006-10-13");

foreach ($xml->body->children() as $child)
  {
  echo "Child node: " . $child . "<br />";
  }
?>

The output of the code above will be:

Child node: 2006-10-13

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