<?php //toXML.php //create new XML doc $xmlDoc = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'utf-8'); $xmlDoc->formatOutput = true; //build XML File with root element $xmlRoot = $xmlDoc -> createElement('person'); $xmlDoc->appendChild($xmlRoot); //build childs of root element $xmlGender = $xmlDoc->createElement('gender', 'female'); $xmlRoot->appendChild($xmlGender); $xmlVorname = $xmlDoc->createElement('vorname', 'Eva'); $xmlRoot->appendChild($xmlVorname); $xmlNachname = $xmlDoc->createElement('nachname', 'Lurch'); $xmlRoot->appendChild($xmlNachname); $filename = "person.xml"; $xmlDoc->save($filename); ?>