Online PHP editor | refs for nGbO2

<?php $x = <<<XML <data> <prod id="1"> <layer id="layer_0" imgSRC="data/361_layer_0.png"/> <layer id="layer_1" imgSRC="data/362_layer_0.png"/> <layer id="layer_2" imgSRC="data/363_layer_0.png"/> </prod> <prod id="2"> <layer id="layer_0" imgSRC="data/361_layer_0.png"/> <layer id="layer_1" imgSRC="data/362_layer_0.png"/> <layer id="layer_2" imgSRC="data/363_layer_0.png"/> </prod> </data> XML; $xml = simplexml_load_string($x); // assuming XML in $x $node = $xml->xpath("//prod[@id='2']/layer[@id='layer_2']")[0]; $new = $node->addChild("layer",""); $new->addAttribute("id", "layer_3"); var_dump ($new);