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DOMDocument->save()

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DOMDocument->save() -- Dumps the internal XML tree back into a file

Description

class DOMDocument {

mixed save ( string filename [, int options] )

}

Creates an XML document from the DOM representation. This function is usually called after building a new dom document from scratch as in the example below.

Parameters

filename: The path to the saved XML document.
options: Additional Options. Currently only LIBXML_NOEMPTYTAG is supported.

Return Values

Returns the number of bytes written or FALSE if an error occurred.

ChangeLog

Version	Description
5.1.0	Added the `options` parameter

Examples

Example 1. Saving a DOM tree into a file


<?php

$doc = new DOMDocument('1.0');
// we want a nice output
$doc->formatOutput = true;

$root = $doc->createElement('book');
$root = $doc->appendChild($root);

$title = $doc->createElement('title');
$title = $root->appendChild($title);

$text = $doc->createTextNode('This is the title');
$text = $title->appendChild($text);

echo 'Wrote: ' . $doc->save("/tmp/test.xml") . ' bytes'; // Wrote: 72 bytes

?>