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# DOMEntityReference::__construct

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

DOMEntityReference::__construct — Creates a new DOMEntityReference object

### Description

public DOMEntityReference::__construct ( string `$name` )

Creates a new DOMEntityReference object.

### Parameters

`name`

  The name of the entity reference.

### Examples

Example #1 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> */
?>`

### See Also

- DOMDocument::createEntityReference() - Create new entity reference node

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