Hello, You can use following example:) <?php $xml = simplexml_load_file("test.xml"); $xml->body[0]->addChild("book", "Atatürk The Rebirth Of A Nation"); ?> Republic Of Turkey - Ministry of National Education Education Technology Department Ankara / TURKEY Web: http://www.haydartuna.net "Timothy Murphy" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, haber iletisinde sunlari yazdi:ev5jkr$lih$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > I have a catalog in XML format: > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> > <catalog> > <book> > ... > <book> > <book> > ... > <book> > ... > </catalog> > > Now I want to add another book, > which I have as a SimpleXMLElement: > > $book = new SimpleXMLElement($string); > > where $string reads > <book> > ... > <book> > > Can I add this new entry to the catalog > using SimpleXML functions, > or do I have to introduce a DOMDocument? > > As may be obvious, I am very new to PHP programming; > and advice or suggestions gratefully received. > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php