PHP: DOMImplementation-createDocumentType()

DOMImplementation->createDocumentType()

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DOMImplementation->createDocumentType() -- Creates an empty DOMDocumentType object

Description

class DOMImplementation {

DOMDocumentType createDocumentType ( [string qualifiedName [, string publicId [, string systemId]]] )

}

Creates an empty DOMDocumentType object. Entity declarations and notations are not made available. Entity reference expansions and default attribute additions do not occur.

Parameters

qualifiedName: The qualified name of the document type to create.
publicId: The external subset public identifier.
systemId: The external subset system identifier.

Return Values

A new DOMDocumentType node with its ownerDocument set to NULL.

Examples

Example 1. Creating a document with an attached DTD

<?php // Creates an instance of the DOMImplementation class $imp = new DOMImplementation; // Creates a DOMDocumentType instance $dtd = $imp->createDocumentType('graph', '', 'graph.dtd'); // Creates a DOMDocument instance $dom = $imp->createDocument("", "", $dtd); // Set other properties $dom->encoding = 'UTF-8'; $dom->standalone = false; // Create an empty element $element = $dom->createElement('graph'); // Append the element $dom->appendChild($element); // Retrieve and print the document echo $dom->saveXML(); ?>
The above example will output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE graph SYSTEM "graph.dtd"> <graph/>

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