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<refentry xml:id="domelement.construct" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>DOMElement::__construct</refname>
  <refpurpose>
   Creates a new DOMElement object
  </refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <constructorsynopsis role="DOMElement">
   <modifier>public</modifier> <methodname>DOMElement::__construct</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>qualifiedName</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>value</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>namespace</parameter><initializer>""</initializer></methodparam>
  </constructorsynopsis> 
  <para>
   Creates a new <classname>DOMElement</classname> object. This object is read only. 
   It may be appended to a document, but additional nodes may not be appended to this node until 
   the node is associated with a document. To create a writeable node, use 
   <xref linkend="domdocument.createelement"/> or 
   <xref linkend="domdocument.createelementns"/>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>qualifiedName</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The tag name of the element. When also passing in namespaceURI, the element name 
       may take a prefix to be associated with the URI.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>value</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The value of the element.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>namespace</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       A namespace URI to create the element within a specific namespace.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Creating a new DOMElement</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');
$element = $dom->appendChild(new DOMElement('root'));
$element_ns = new DOMElement('pr:node1', 'thisvalue', 'http://xyz');
$element->appendChild($element_ns);
echo $dom->saveXML(); /* <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root><pr:node1 xmlns:pr="http://xyz">thisvalue</pr:node1></root> */

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><methodname>DOMDocument::createElement</methodname></member>
    <member><methodname>DOMDocument::createElementNS</methodname></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
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