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DOMDocument::createEntityReference

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(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Create new entity reference node

Description

DOMDocument::createEntityReference(string $name): DOMEntityReference|false

This function creates a new instance of class DOMEntityReference. Inserted

Parameters

name

The content of the entity reference, e.g. the entity reference minus the leading & and the trailing ; characters.

Return Values

The new DOMEntityReference or false if an error occurred.

Errors/Exceptions

May throw a DOMException with the following error codes:

DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR

Raised if name contains an invalid character.

See Also

  • DOMNode::appendChild
  • DOMDocument::createAttribute
  • DOMDocument::createAttributeNS
  • DOMDocument::createCDATASection
  • DOMDocument::createComment
  • DOMDocument::createDocumentFragment
  • DOMDocument::createElement
  • DOMDocument::createElementNS
  • DOMDocument::createProcessingInstruction
  • DOMDocument::createTextNode

Source: reference/dom/domdocument/createentityreference.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)