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<?php
$xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="Esurance 365 Portal">
<elements>
<element name="folderone" path="forms/folderone">
<folder function="model">models</folder>
<folder function="controller">controllers</folder>
<folder function="view">views</folder>
</element>
</elements>
</project>';
$dom = new DOMDocument();
$dom->preserveWhiteSpace = false;
$dom->formatOutput = true;
$dom->loadXml($xml);
$element = $dom->getElementsByTagName("element")->item(0);
$clone = $element->cloneNode(true);
$clone->setAttribute("name", "foldertwo");
$clone->setAttribute("path", "forms/foldertwo");
$folder = $clone->getElementsByTagName("folder");
$folder->item(0)->nodeValue = "modelstwo";
$folder->item(1)->nodeValue = "controllerstwo";
$folder->item(2)->nodeValue = "viewstwo";
$element->parentNode->insertBefore($clone, $element);
$xml = $dom->saveXml();
print_r($xml);