# DomDocument->add_root

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DomDocument->add_root — Adds a root node [deprecated]

### Description

domelement DomDocument->add_root ( string `$name` )

Adds a root element node to a dom document and returns the new node. The element name is given in the passed parameter.

Example#1 Creating a simple HTML document header

`<?php
$doc = domxml_new_doc("1.0");
$root = $doc->add_root("html");
$head = $root->new_child("head", "");
$head->new_child("title", "Hier der Titel");
echo htmlentities($doc->dump_mem());
?>`