Append tags using PHP

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I want to add list items dynamically using PHP. But the code below does nothing.
According to me, everytime I refresh the page, a new list item should be created and displayed. But this isn't happening.

What I have tried:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>

<ul id="test">
<li>Sample</li>
<?php
$html = file_get_contents('index.php');
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc -> loadHTML($html);

$ul = $doc -> getElementById('test');
$li = $doc -> createElement('li', 'Test');
$ul -> appendChild($li);
?>
</ul>

</body>
</html>

Posted 22-Aug-17 3:39am

Member 13037163

Updated 22-Aug-17 6:38am

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Mohibur Rashid 22-Aug-17 22:24pm

you did not print anything, you just have parsed the file. what do you expect?

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W∴ Balboos, *GHB* · Answer 1 · 2017-08-22T06:38:00

Solution 1

Every time you open the page, are you not opening the same file (index.php).

It has the same content every time you open it so it will do the same thing every time you open it.

Posted 22-Aug-17 6:38am

W∴ Balboos, GHB

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Member 13037163 23-Aug-17 6:58am

Any workaround to obtain the result?

W∴ Balboos, GHB 23-Aug-17 14:44pm

AJAX for your updates

Member 13037163 24-Aug-17 1:52am

Thanks for the response.