Xml created in PHP node values and elements

I do not understand these node value things at all i am trying to replicate an xml design in php but

having quite a bit of trouble the file i am trying to reproduce through php is.

         <items>
            <item>
                <id></id>
                <name></name>
                <price></price>
                <quantity></quantity>
                <description></description>
                <qonhold></qonhold>
                <qsold></qsold>
            </item>
           </items>

And the PHP file to recreate this is almost all done

$dom = new DOMDocument("1.0");

            // create root element
            $root = $dom->createElement("Items");
            $dom->appendChild($root);
            $dom->formatOutput=true;

            // create child element
            $item = $dom->createElement("item");
            $dom->appendChild($item);

            // create text node
            $id = $dom->createElement("id");
            $root->appendChild($id);

            $name = $dom->createElement("name");
            $root->appendChild($name);


            $price = $dom->createElement("price");
            $root->appendChild($price);

            $quantity = $dom->createElement("quantity");
            $root->appendChild($quantity);

            $description = $dom->createElement("description");
            $root->appendChild($description);


            $qonhold = $dom->createElement("qonhold");
            $root->appendChild($qonhold);


            $qsold = $dom->createElement("qsold");
            $root->appendChild($qsold);

The problem i am having is its saving it all under "items" being the root.. but i can not get everything id, name, price, quantity, description, qonhold, qsold to save under just "item" which is saved under "items