PHP | simplexml_import_dom() Function

The simplexml_import_dom() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to take a node of DOM document and convert it into a SimpleXML node. 

Syntax:

SimpleXMLElement simplexml_import_dom( $node, $class_name = "SimpleXMLElement" )

Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:

• $node: This parameter holds the DOM element node.
• $class_name: It is optional parameter which holds the class name. If this parameter is used then simplexml_import_dom() function returns the object of specified class. The class should extend the SimpleXMLElement class.

Return Value: This function returns the SimpleXMLElement on success or FALSE on failure. 

Below program illustrates the simplexml_import_dom() function in PHP: 

Program:

php

<?php

// Create an instance of DOMDocument
$dom = new DOMDocument;

// Load XML document
$dom -> loadXML('<organization>
        <name>GeeksforGeeks</name>
        <address>Noida India</address>
        <contact>
            <email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>
            <mobile>+91-987654321</mobile>
        </contact>
    </organization>'
);

// Use simplexml_import_dom() function to get a
// SimpleXMLElement object from a DOM node
$doc = simplexml_import_dom($dom);

// Display the content of XML document
var_dump($doc->contact[0]->email);
var_dump($doc->contact[0]->mobile);

?>

Output:

object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (1) {
  [0]=>
  string(21) "abc@geeksforgeeks.org"
}
object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (1) {
  [0]=>
  string(13) "+91-987654321"
}

Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-import-dom.php