Note that the second parameter (value), although convenient, is non-standard. You should create elements like this instead:
<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');
$root = $doc->createElement('test');
$doc->appendChild($root);
$root_text = $doc->createTextNode('This is the root element!');
$root->appendChild($root_text);
print $doc->saveXML();
?>
Or, alternatively, extend the DOMDocument class and add your own custom, convenience method to avoid intruding on the standard:
<?php
class CustomDOMDocument extends DOMDocument {
function createElementWithText($name, $child_text) {
$element = $this->createElement($name);
$element_text = $this->createTextNode($child_text);
$element->appendChild($element_text);
return $element;
}
}
$doc = new CustomDOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');
$root = $doc->createElementWithText('test', 'This is the root element!');
$doc->appendChild($root);
print $doc->saveXML();
?>
Also use caution with (or avoid) the 'DOMElement->nodeValue' property. It can return some unexpected values and changing its value will replace (remove) all descendants of the element with a single text node. It's also non-standard; according to the DOM spec it should return NULL.
