ownerDocument; $node->appendChild($no->createCDATASection($value)); } return $new_child; } /** * Adds a child element to the XML node with escaped $value if specified. * Override of addChild method as SimpleXMLElement's addChild method doesn't escape ampersand * * @param string $name — The name of the child element to add. * @param string $value — [optional] If specified, the value of the child element. * @param string $namespace [optional] If specified, the namespace to which the child element belongs. * * @return static The addChild method returns a SimpleXMLElement object representing the child added to the XML node. */ public function addChild($name, $value = null, $namespace = null) { $new_child = parent::addChild($name, '', $namespace); if ($new_child !== null) { $node = dom_import_simplexml($new_child); $no = $node->ownerDocument; $node->appendChild($no->createTextNode(esc($value))); } return $new_child; } }