The docs don't mention it but this method performs escaping on the value. If you don't want that use createElement() instead.
DOMDocument::createTextNode
(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DOMDocument::createTextNode — Create new text node
Description
This function creates a new instance of class DOMText. This node will not show up in the document unless it is inserted with (e.g.) DOMNode::appendChild().
Parameters
-
data -
The content of the text.
Return Values
The new DOMText.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.1.0 |
In case of an error, a DomException is thrown now.
Previously, false was returned.
|
See Also
- DOMNode::appendChild() - Adds new child at the end of the children
- DOMDocument::createAttribute() - Create new attribute
- DOMDocument::createAttributeNS() - Create new attribute node with an associated namespace
- DOMDocument::createCDATASection() - Create new cdata node
- DOMDocument::createComment() - Create new comment node
- DOMDocument::createDocumentFragment() - Create new document fragment
- DOMDocument::createElement() - Create new element node
- DOMDocument::createElementNS() - Create new element node with an associated namespace
- DOMDocument::createEntityReference() - Create new entity reference node
- DOMDocument::createProcessingInstruction() - Creates new PI node
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User Contributed Notes 2 notes
drewish at katherinehouse dot com ¶
9 years ago
Alex Kaye ¶
15 years ago
A quick note to anyone who is using character entities (e.g. ©) in this, and finding them automatically escaped. The correct thing to do here is to use the createEntityReference method (e.g. createEntityReference("copy");), and then appendChild this entity between text nodes.
Example:
<?php
$copyright_text_1 = $this->document->createTextNode("Copyright ");
$copyright_text_2 = $this->document->createTextNode(" Alex Kaye 2009");
$copyright_symbol = $this->document->createEntityReference("copy");
$copyright->appendChild($copyright_text_1);
$copyright->appendChild($copyright_symbol);
$copyright->appendChild($copyright_text_2);
?>
