DOMEntityReference::__construct

Creates a new DOMEntityReference object

&reftitle.description; public `DOMEntityReference::__construct` `string` `name`

Creates a new `DOMEntityReference` object.

&reftitle.parameters;

`name`

- The name of the entity reference.

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### Creating a new DOMEntityReference

    <?php

    $dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');
    $element = $dom->appendChild(new DOMElement('root'));
    $entity = $element->appendChild(new DOMEntityReference('nbsp'));
    echo $dom->saveXML(); /* <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><root>&nbsp;</root> */

    ?>

&reftitle.seealso;

- `DOMDocument::createEntityReference`