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DOMText::__construct

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DOMText::__construct — Creates a new DOMText object

Description

public function DOMText::__construct(string $data = "")

Creates a new DOMText object.

Parameters

data

The value of the text node. If not supplied an empty text node is created.

Examples

Example #1 Creating a new DOMText

<?php

$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');
$element = $dom->appendChild(new DOMElement('root'));
$text = $element->appendChild(new DOMText('root value'));
echo $dom->saveXML(); /* <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><root>root value</root> */

?>

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