- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$dom = new \DOMDocument();
$elt = $dom
->appendChild($dom->createElementNS('some:namespace', 'foo'))
->appendChild($dom->createElement('bar'));
$xml = $dom->saveXML();
var_dump($elt->namespaceURI);
$dom = new \DOMDocument();
$dom->loadXml($xml);
$elt = $dom->documentElement->firstChild;
var_dump($elt->namespaceURI);