# Writing XML with PHP please help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-xml-with-php-please-help/155441>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [July 17, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-xml-with-php-please-help/155441 "2005-07-17T20:54:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![aaron1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@aaron1987](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aaron1987)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-xml-with-php-please-help/155441/1 "2005-07-17T20:54:41Z")

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ok where the script says (echo date"n-j-Y"); I can’t get it to work when writing to the XML any suggestions?

Thanks,

Aaron

```php
 
<?php
$dom = new DomDocument(); 
$dom->load("data.xml");
$item = $dom->createElement("entry"); 
$title = $dom->createElement("date"); 
$titletext = $dom->createTextNode((echo date"n-j-Y");); 
$title->appendChild($titletext); 
$item->appendChild($title); 
$dom->documentElement->appendChild($item); 
$dom->save("data.xml");
?>

```