Dumps the internal XML tree back into a file

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# DOMDocument::save

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DOMDocument::save — Dumps the internal XML tree back into a file

### Description

public DOMDocument::save(string `$filename`, int `$options` = 0): int|false

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

### Parameters

`filename`

  The path to the saved XML document.

`options`

  Additional Options. Currently only LIBXML_NOEMPTYTAG is supported.

### Return Values

Returns the number of bytes written or `false` if an error occurred.

### Examples

Example #1 Saving a DOM tree into a file

    <?php$doc = new DOMDocument('1.0');// we want a nice output$doc->formatOutput = true;$root = $doc->createElement('book');$root = $doc->appendChild($root);$title = $doc->createElement('title');$title = $root->appendChild($title);$text = $doc->createTextNode('This is the title');$text = $title->appendChild($text);echo 'Wrote: ' . $doc->save("/tmp/test.xml") . ' bytes'; // Wrote: 72 bytes?>

### See Also

- DOMDocument::saveXML() - Dumps the internal XML tree back into a string
- DOMDocument::load() - Load XML from a file
- DOMDocument::loadXML() - Load XML from a string