note 108936 added to simplexmlelement.addchild

I found myself doing something like: <? $cn = $contentNode->$name; ?> and keep getting an error message like: Warning: SimpleXMLElement::addChild(): Cannot add child. Parent is not a permanent member of the XML tree I found out that what I needed to do to make the node permanent was: <? $cn = $contentNode->$name = ""; $cn = $contentNode->$name; ?> hope will help someone else. ---- Server IP: 81.88.49.34 Probable Submitter: 2.229.4.207 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/simplexmlelement.addchild.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/108936 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108936/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108936/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108936/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108936/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108936/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108936/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108936 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/108936 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php