note 55458 added to function.dom-domdocument-getelementbyid

Import a part to xml file to node of DOMDocument: You have do put the correct DTD for ID attribute on XML file: //----menu.xml---- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE menu [ <!ELEMENT menu (item+)> <!ATTLIST menu id ID #REQUIRED> <!ELEMENT item (name, url)> <!ELEMENT name (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT url (#PCDATA)> ]> <menu id="menu"> <item> <name>item 1</name> <url>item1.php</url> </item> <item> <name>item 2</name> <url>item2.php</url> </item> <item> <name>item 3</name> <url>item3.php</url> </item> <item> <name>item 4</name> <url>item4.php</url> </item> </menu> //-------------------- <? $dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8'); $page = $dom->createElement('page'); $page = $dom->appendChild($page); // Load a file $domMenu = new DOMDocument(); $domMenu->validateOnParse = true; $domMenu->load("xml/menu.xml"); // Use getElementById() $element=$domMenu->getElementById("menu"); $menu = $dom->importNode($element, true); $page->appendChild($menu); ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dom-domdocument-getelementbyid.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+55458 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55458&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55458&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55458&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55458&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55458&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55458&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+55458&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php