The DOMDocument::saveHTMLFile() function is an inbuilt function in PHP that is used to create an HTML document from the DOM representation. This function is used after creating the dom document.
Syntax:
int DOMDocument::saveHTMLFile( string $filename )
Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $filename which holds the path to save the HTML document.
Return Value: This function returns the number of bytes on success or FALSE on failure.
Below example illustrates the DOMDocument::saveHTMLFile() function in PHP:
Example:
<?php // Create a new DOMDocument $domDocument = new DOMDocument( '1.0' );
// Create a root element $root = $domDocument ->createElement( 'html' );
// Append the element to the document as root element $root = $domDocument ->appendChild( $root );
// Create a head element $head = $domDocument ->createElement( 'head' );
// Append the element to the document // as child element $head = $root ->appendChild( $head );
// Create a title element $title = $domDocument ->createElement( 'title' );
// Append the element to the document // as child element $title = $head ->appendChild( $title );
// Create a text node $text = $domDocument ->createTextNode(
'DOMDocument::saveHTML() function' );
// Add the text node to the title element $text = $title ->appendChild( $text );
// Create a body element $body = $domDocument ->createElement( 'body' );
// Append the element to the document // as child element $body = $root ->appendChild( $body );
// Create a heading element $h1 = $domDocument ->createElement( 'h1' );
// Append the element to the document $h1 = $body ->appendChild( $h1 );
// Create a text node $text = $domDocument ->createTextNode( 'GeeksforGeeks' );
// Add the text node to the heading element $text = $h1 ->appendChild( $text );
// Create a heading element $h2 = $domDocument ->createElement( 'h2' );
// Append the element to the document $h2 = $body ->appendChild( $h2 );
// Create a text node $text = $domDocument ->createTextNode(
'DOMDocument::saveHTML() function' );
// Add the text node to the heading element $text = $h2 ->appendChild( $text );
// Use saveHTMLFile() function to save // an HTML document $domDocument ->saveHTMLFile( 'gfg.html' );
echo "HTML file saved successfully" ;
?> |
Output:
HTML file saved successfully
The content of the saved HTML file gfg.html:
< html >
< head >
< meta http-equiv = "Content-Type" content = "text/html; charset=UTF-8" >
< title >DOMDocument::saveHTML() function</ title >
</ head >
< body >
< h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 >
< h2 >DOMDocument::saveHTML() function</ h2 >
</ body >
</ html >
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Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.savehtmlfile.php