DOMImplementation::createDocument

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DOMImplementation::createDocument — Creates a DOMDocument object of the specified type with its document element

Description

public DOMImplementation::createDocument(?string $namespace = null, string $qualifiedName = "", ?DOMDocumentType $doctype = null): DOMDocument

Creates a DOMDocument object of the specified type with its document element.

Parameters

namespace: The namespace URI of the document element to create.
qualifiedName: The qualified name of the document element to create.
doctype: The type of document to create or null.

Return Values

A new DOMDocument object. If namespace, qualifiedName, and doctype are null, the returned DOMDocument is empty with no document element.

Errors/Exceptions

May throw a DOMException with the following error codes:

DOM_WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if doctype has already been used with a different document or was created from a different implementation.
DOM_NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if there is an error with the namespace, as determined by namespace and qualifiedName.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.4.0	The function now has the tentative return type DOMDocument.
8.0.3	`namespace` is now nullable.
8.0.0	`doctype` is now nullable.
8.0.0	Calling this function statically will now throw an Error. Previously, an `E_DEPRECATED` was raised.