note 45073 added to function.simplexml-import-dom

# Insert a node in your SimpleXML document at the location of an XPath # (This will be obsolete if the functionality is added to SimpleXML, and there is NO error checking) function insertAtXPath (&$inSXE, $xpathInsertNode, $newElementName, $newElementText) { # convert $inSXE to the DOM model $dom_sxe = dom_import_simplexml($inSXE); # start a new element, and build onto it $dom = new domdocument("1.0"); $newEl = $dom->createElement($newElementName); $newElText = $dom->createTextNode($newElementText); $newEl->appendChild($newElText); # connect the new element to the $dom_sxe $dom_sxe = $dom->importnode($dom_sxe, true); $dom_sxe = $dom->appendchild($dom_sxe); # find the place to append it with XPath $xpath = new domXPath($dom); $xpathQuery = $xpath->query($xpathInsertNode); foreach ($xpathQuery as $node) { $node->insertBefore($newEl); } # convert back to SimpleXML $inSXE = simplexml_import_dom($dom); } # $xml is your SimpleXML object $xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlstr); # Specifics of the node you want to add $xpathInsertNode = "/PAGE/ITEM[position()=3]"; $newElementName = "FOO"; $newElementText = "GOO"; # call the function insertAtXPath($xml, $xpathInsertNode, $newElementName, $newElementText); ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-import-dom.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+45073 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+45073&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+45073&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php