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Inserting nodes into xml files using XML DOM in PHP .

//creating the dom object
$dom = new DOMDocument();
$dom->formatOutput = true;

//loading the existing XML file
$dom->load('example.xml');

//writting new xml node

$rootnode = $dom->getElementsByTagName("details")->item(0);

$root=$dom->createElement("inner");

$firstnameVal = $dom->createElement("firstname,$firstname);
$lastnameVal = $dom->createElement("lastname",$lastname);
$description = $dom->createElement("description", $description);

$root->appendChild($firstnameVal);
$root->appendChild($lastnameVal);
$root->appendChild($description);

$rootnode->appendChild($root);

$dom->appendChild($rootnode);

//saving the new node into the existing xml file
$dom->save(''example.xml');

Output the XML FILE

<details>
<inner>
<firstname>AP</firstname>
<lastname>John</lastname>
<description>programmer</description>
</inner>
<inner>
<firstname>KH</firstname>
<lastname>Samuel</lastname>
<description>programmer</description>
</inner>
<inner>
<firstname>KH</firstname>
<lastname>Samuel</lastname>
<description>programmer</description>
</inner>
</details>