note 103392 added to simplexmlelement.addchild

This method returns a reference to the specific SimpleXMLElement. If you use: <?php $xml= new SimpleXMLElement('<root></root>'); $xml->father['name']= 'Fathers name'; // creates automatically a father tag with attribute name $son= $xml->father->addChild('son'); // uses the first father tag $son['name']= 'first son'; $otherSon= $xml->father->addChild('son'); // uses the first father tag but now, in a second son tag $otherSon['name']= 'second son'; echo htmlentities($xml->asXML()); ?> The result will be <root> <father> <son name='first son' /> <son name='second son' /> </father> </root> So, once you change something to the just added child, you are actually accessing the element inside the SimpleXMLElement as a reference. ---- Server IP: 187.16.23.128 Probable Submitter: 189.27.186.165 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/simplexmlelement.addchild.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/103392 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103392/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103392/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103392/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103392/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103392/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103392/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103392 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/103392 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php