note 110738 added to domdocument.importnode

Beware: whether ImportNode copies or not the attributes depends on the PHP version. PHP versions < 5.2.17 DO NOT copy the attributes if bDeep is false. PHP versions >= 5.2.17 DO copy the attributes even if bDeep is false. Example: <?php $doc = new DOMDocument; $doc->loadXML('<root><element foo="bar" /></root>'); $root = $doc->documentElement; $elem = $root->firstChild; $doc2 = new DOMDocument; $frag = $doc2->createDocumentFragment(); $frag->appendChild($doc2->importNode($elem, false)); $doc2->appendChild($frag); echo htmlentities($doc2->saveXML(), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?> Output for PHP < 5.2.17: <?xml version="1.0"?> <element/> Output for PHP >= 5.2.17: <?xml version="1.0"?> <element foo="bar"/> If you want to always copy the attributes (but not do a deep copy), do: $doc2->importNode($elem->clone(false), true) ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 217.128.93.129 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.importnode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/110738 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/110738/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/110738/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/110738/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/110738/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/110738/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/110738/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/110738 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/110738 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php