# SWFMovie->add()

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.3)

SWFMovie->add() — Adds any type of data to a movie

### Description

SWFMovie
mixed add ( object `$instance` )
Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.

Adds an SWF object `instance` to the current movie.

### Parameters

`instance`

  Any type of object instance, like SWFShape, SWFText, SWFFont.

### Return Values

For displayable types (shape, text, button, sprite), this returns an SWFDisplayItem, a handle to the object in a display list. Thus, you can add the same shape to a movie multiple times and get separate handles back for each separate instance.

### See Also

- SWFMovie->remove()