# DOMNode->appendChild()

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DOMNode->appendChild() — Adds new child at the end of the children

### Description

DOMNode
DOMNode appendChild ( DOMNode `$newnode` )

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. DOMDocument->createElement(), DOMDocument->createTextNode() etc. or simply by using any other node.

### Parameters

`newnode`

  The appended child.

### Return Values

The node added.

### Errors/Exceptions

`DOM_NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR`

  Raised if this node is readonly or if the previous parent of the node being inserted is readonly.

`DOM_HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR`

  Raised if this node is of a type that does not allow children of the type of the `newnode` node, or if the node to append is one of this node's ancestors or this node itself.

`DOM_WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR`

  Raised if `newnode` was created from a different document than the one that created this node.

### Examples

The following example will add a new element node to a fresh document.

Example#1 Adding a child

`<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument;
$node = $doc->createElement("para");
$newnode = $doc->appendChild($node);
echo $doc->saveXML();
?>`

### See Also

- DOMNode->removeChild()
- DOMNode->replaceChild()