DOMDocument::saveHTML

Dumps the internal document into a string using HTML formatting

&reftitle.description; public ``string``false```DOMDocument::saveHTML` ``DOMNode``null```node`&null;

Creates an HTML document from the DOM representation. This function is usually called after building a new dom document from scratch as in the example below.

&reftitle.parameters;

`node`

- Optional parameter to output a subset of the document.

&reftitle.returnvalues;

Returns the HTML, or &false; if an error occurred.

&reftitle.examples;

### Saving a HTML tree into a string

    <?php

    $doc = new DOMDocument('1.0');

    $root = $doc->createElement('html');
    $root = $doc->appendChild($root);

    $head = $doc->createElement('head');
    $head = $root->appendChild($head);

    $title = $doc->createElement('title');
    $title = $head->appendChild($title);

    $text = $doc->createTextNode('This is the title');
    $text = $title->appendChild($text);

    echo $doc->saveHTML();

    ?>

&reftitle.seealso;

- `DOMDocument::saveHTMLFile`
- `DOMDocument::loadHTML`
- `DOMDocument::loadHTMLFile`