The DOMDocument::createCDATASection() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to create a new instance of class DOMCDATASection.
Syntax:
DOMCDATASection DOMDocument::createCDATASection( string $data )
Parameters: This function accepts single parameter $data which holds the content of the cdata.
Return Value: This function returns the new DOMCDATASection on success or FALSE on failure.
Below programs illustrate the DOMDocument::createCDATASection() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Create a new DOMDocument $domDocument = new DOMDocument( '1.0' , 'iso-8859-1' );
// Use createCDATASection() function to create a new cdata node $domElement = $domDocument ->createCDATASection( 'GeeksforGeeks' );
// Append element in the document $domDocument ->appendChild( $domElement );
// Save the XML file and display it echo $domDocument ->saveXML();
?> |
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <![CDATA[GeeksforGeeks]]>
Program 2:
<?php // Create a new DOMDocument $domDocument = new DOMDocument( '1.0' , 'iso-8859-1' );
// Use createComment() function to create a new comment node $domComment = $domDocument ->createComment( 'Create CDATA file' );
// Use createCDATASection() function to create a new cdata node $domElement = $domDocument ->createCDATASection( 'GeeksforGeeks' );
// Append element to the document $domDocument ->appendChild( $domComment );
$domDocument ->appendChild( $domElement );
// Save the XML file and display it echo $domDocument ->saveXML();
?> |
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!--Create CDATA file--> <![CDATA[GeeksforGeeks]]>
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.createcdatasection.php