# DOMDocument->__construct()

(PHP 5)

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

### Description

DOMDocument
__construct ([ string `$version` [, string `$encoding` ]] )

Creates a new DOMDocument object.

### Parameters

`version`

  The version number of the document as part of the XML declaration.

`encoding`

  The encoding of the document as part of the XML declaration.

### Examples

Example#1 Creating a new DOMDocument

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

### See Also

- DOMImplementation->createDocument()