<?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);

?>