# DOMDocument->saveHTML()

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DOMDocument->saveHTML() — Dumps the internal document into a string using HTML formatting

### Description

DOMDocument
string saveHTML ( void )

Creates an HTML document from the DOM representation. This function is usually called after building a new dom document from scratch as in the example below.

### Return Values

Returns the HTML, or `FALSE` if an error occurred.

### Examples

Example#1 Saving a HTML tree into a string

`<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument('1.0');
$root = $doc->createElement('html');
$root = $doc->appendChild($root);
$head = $doc->createElement('head');
$head = $root->appendChild($head);
$title = $doc->createElement('title');
$title = $head->appendChild($title);
$text = $doc->createTextNode('This is the title');
$text = $title->appendChild($text);
echo $doc->saveHTML();
?>`

### See Also

- DOMDocument->saveHTMLFile()
- DOMDocument->loadHTML()
- DOMDocument->loadHTMLFile()