# DOMDocument->createElement()

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DOMDocument->createElement() — Create new element node

### Description

DOMDocument
DOMElement createElement ( string `$name` [, string `$value` ] )

This function creates a new instance of class DOMElement. This node will not show up in the document unless it is inserted with e.g. DOMNode->appendChild().

### Parameters

`name`

  The tag name of the element.

`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

Returns a new instance of class DOMElement or `FALSE` if an error occured.

### Errors/Exceptions

`DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR`

  Raised if `name` contains an invalid character.

### Examples

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

`<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');
$element = $dom->createElement('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"?>
    <test>This is the root element!</test>

### See Also

- DOMNode->appendChild()
- DOMDocument->createAttribute()
- DOMDocument->createAttributeNS()
- DOMDocument->createCDATASection()
- DOMDocument->createComment()
- DOMDocument->createDocumentFragment()
- DOMDocument->createElementNS()
- DOMDocument->createEntityReference()
- DOMDocument->createProcessingInstruction()
- DOMDocument->createTextNode()