DOMDocument::__construct

Creates a new DOMDocument object

&reftitle.description; public `DOMDocument::__construct` `string` `version` `string` `encoding`

Creates a new `DOMDocument` object.

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`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.

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### Creating a new DOMDocument

    <?php

    $dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');

    echo $dom->saveXML(); /* <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> */

    ?>

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- `DOMImplementation::createDocument`