# DOMText->__construct()

(PHP 5)

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

### Description

DOMText
__construct ([ string `$value` ] )

Creates a new DOMText object.

### Parameters

`value`

  The value of the text node. If not supplied an empty text node is created.

### Examples

Example#1 Creating a new DOMText

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

### See Also

- DOMDocument->createTextNode()