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<div id="domnode.appendchild" class="refentry">
<div class="refnamediv">
<h1 class="refname">DOMNode::appendChild</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DOMNode::appendChild</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Adds new child at the end of the children
</span></p>
</div>
<a name="domnode.appendchild.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.php" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <span class="methodname"><b>DOMNode::appendChild</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.php" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <tt class="parameter">$newnode</tt></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
This functions appends a child to an existing list of children or creates
a new list of children. The child can be created with e.g.
<span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.createelement.php" class="function">DOMDocument::createElement</a></span>,
<span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.createtextnode.php" class="function">DOMDocument::createTextNode</a></span> etc. or simply by using
any other node.
</p>
</div>
<a name="domnode.appendchild.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">newnode</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
The appended child.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="domnode.appendchild.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
The node added.
</p>
</div>
<a name="domnode.appendchild.errors"></a><div class="refsect1 errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><b><tt class="constant">DOM_NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR</tt></b></span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
Raised if this node is readonly or if the previous parent of the node
being inserted is readonly.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><b><tt class="constant">DOM_HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR</tt></b></span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
Raised if this node is of a type that does not allow children of the
type of the <i><tt class="parameter">newnode</tt></i>
node, or if the node to
append is one of this node's ancestors or this node itself.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><b><tt class="constant">DOM_WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR</tt></b></span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
Raised if <i><tt class="parameter">newnode</tt></i>
was created from a different
document than the one that created this node.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="domnode.appendchild.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
The following example will add a new element node to a fresh document.
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 Adding a child</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$doc </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DOMDocument</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$node </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">createElement</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"para"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newnode </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">appendChild</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$node</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">saveXML</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
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</div><p>
</p>
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<a name="domnode.appendchild.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.removechild.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMNode::removeChild</a> - Removes child from list of children</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.replacechild.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMNode::replaceChild</a> - Replaces a child</span></li>
</ul><p>
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