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DOMDocument	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

DOMDocument::createEntityReference

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DOMDocument::createEntityReference — Create new entity reference node

Description

public function DOMDocument::createEntityReference(string $name): DOMEntityReference|false

This function creates a new instance of class DOMEntityReference. This node will not show up in the document unless it is inserted with (e.g.) DOMNode::appendChild().

Parameters

name: The content of the entity reference, e.g. the entity reference minus the leading & and the trailing ; characters.

Return Values

The new DOMEntityReference or false if an error occurred.

Errors/Exceptions

May throw a DOMException with the following error codes:

DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if name contains an invalid character.

See Also

DOMNode::appendChild() - Adds new child at the end of the children
DOMDocument::createAttribute() - Create new attribute
DOMDocument::createAttributeNS() - Create new attribute node with an associated namespace
DOMDocument::createCDATASection() - Create new cdata node
DOMDocument::createComment() - Create new comment node
DOMDocument::createDocumentFragment() - Create new document fragment
DOMDocument::createElement() - Create new element node
DOMDocument::createElementNS() - Create new element node with an associated namespace
DOMDocument::createProcessingInstruction() - Creates new PI node
DOMDocument::createTextNode() - Create new text node

DOMDocument::createElementNS	DOMDocument::createProcessingInstruction

DOMDocument	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026