<?php
$dom = new domDocument('1.0');
$dom->load(dirname(__FILE__) . "/thedata.xml");
$new_item = $dom->createElement('item');
$new_item->setAttribute("id", 1234); // set attribute id for new item
foreach (array('title', 'link', 'description') as $v) {
$node = $dom->createElement($v);
$node->appendChild($dom->createTextNode($v));
$new_item->appendChild($node);
}
// append entry to existing forum entries
$dom->documentElement->appendChild($new_item);
$xml = $dom->saveXML();
echo nl2br(htmlspecialchars(str_replace('><', ">\n<", $xml)));
?>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<forum uri="http://fud.prohost.org/forum/index.php">
<item id="10084">
<title>Binary Protocols vs XML</title>
<link>http://fud.prohost.org/forum/index.php/m/10084</link>
<description>Why does everyone insist on using XML?</description>
</item>
<item id="10149">
<title>How do I post messages?</title>
<link>http://fud.prohost.org/forum/index.php/m/10149</link>
<description>I can post messages, help!</description>
</item>
<item id="1234">
<title>title</title>
<link>link</link>
<description>description</description>
</item>
</forum>
