note 112981 added to function.simplexml-import-dom

simplexml_import_dom() will accept DOMNodes or other SimpleXMLElements. This has a useful purpose if you are extending the SimpleXMLElement class and would prefer the xpath() method to return your class extension instead of basic SimpleXMLElements. For example: class MySimpleXML extends SimpleXMLElement{ public function xpath($xpath){ $return = array(); $simpleXmls = parent::xpath($xpath); // run SimpleXMLElement xpath, returning an array of SimpleXMLElements foreach($simpleXmls as $xml){ $return[] = simplexml_import_dom($xml,'MySimpleXML'); // copy SimpleXMLElement, returning as MySimpleXML instance } return $return; } } Now I can create an instance of MySimpleXML, run an xpath, and get my results back as an array of MySimpleXML elements instead of the native SimpleXMLElement: $mySimpleXml = new mySimpleXml('<root><node/></root>'); $array = $mySimpleXml->xpath('/root/node'); // returns array with a single MySimpleXml object ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 74.4.31.242 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-import-dom.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/112981 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112981/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112981/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112981/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112981/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112981/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112981/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112981 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/112981 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php