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# DOMDocument::createElementNS

(PHP 5)

DOMDocument::createElementNS — Create new element node with an associated namespace

### Description

DOMElement DOMDocument::createElementNS ( string `$namespaceURI` , string `$qualifiedName` [, string `$value` ] )

This function creates a new element node with an associated namespace. This node will not show up in the document unless it is inserted with (e.g.) DOMNode->appendChild().

### Parameters

`namespaceURI`

  The URI of the namespace.

`qualifiedName`

  The qualified name of the element, as prefix:tagname.

`value`

  The value of the element. By default, an empty element will be created. You can also set the value later with DOMElement->nodeValue.

### Return Values

The new DOMElement or `FALSE` if an error occured.

### Errors/Exceptions

`DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR`

  Raised if `qualifiedName` contains an invalid character.

`DOM_NAMESPACE_ERR`

  Raised if `qualifiedName` is a maformed qualified name.

### Examples

Example #1 Creating a new element and inserting it as root

`<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');
$element = $dom->createElementNS('http://www.example.com/XFoo', 'xfoo:test', 'This is the root element!');
// We insert the new element as root (child of the document)
$dom->appendChild($element);
echo $dom->saveXML();
?>`

The above example will output:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
    <xfoo:test xmlns:xfoo="http://www.example.com/XFoo">This is the root element!</xfoo:test>

### See Also

- DOMNode::appendChild
- DOMDocument::createAttribute
- DOMDocument::createAttributeNS
- DOMDocument::createCDATASection
- DOMDocument::createComment
- DOMDocument::createDocumentFragment
- DOMDocument::createElement
- DOMDocument::createEntityReference
- DOMDocument::createProcessingInstruction
- DOMDocument::createTextNode

DOMDocument::createElement
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