# DOMEntityReference->__construct()

(PHP 5)

DOMEntityReference->__construct() — Creates a new DOMEntityReference object

### Description

DOMEntityReference
__construct ( string `$name` )

Creates a new DOMEntityReference object.

### Parameters

`name`

  The name of the entity reference.

### Examples

Example#1 Creating a new DOMEntityReference

`<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');
$element = $dom->appendChild(new DOMElement('root'));
$entity = $element->appendChild(new DOMEntityReference('nbsp'));
echo $dom->saveXML(); /* <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><root>&nbsp;</root> */
?>`

### See Also

- DOMDocument->createEntityReference()