---
title: Document::save
---
Document::save — Serializes the DOM tree into a file
## Description ##
```php
public Document::save ( string $filename , null $options = null ) : int|false
```
Creates an HTML document from the DOM representation.
## Parameters ##
filename- The path to the saved HTML document
options- Always
null. Was used for option constants in \DOMDocument.
## Return Values ##
Returns the number of bytes written or false on failure.
## Examples ##
**Example \#1 Saving a DOM tree into a file**
```php
loadHTML('Ook!Eek
');
echo 'Wrote: ' . $dom->save('/tmp/test.html') . ' bytes'; // Wrote: 85 bytes
?>
```