The DOMDocument::createAttribute() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to create a new instance of class DOMAttr.
Syntax:
DOMAttr DOMDocument::createAttribute( string $name )
Parameters: This function accepts single parameter $name which holds the name of the attribute.
Return Value: This function returns the new DOMAttr object on success or FALSE on failure.
Below programs illustrate the DOMDocument::createAttribute() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Create a new DOMDocument $domDocument = new DOMDocument( '1.0' , 'iso-8859-1' );
// Use createElement() function to create an element node $domElement = $domDocument ->createElement( 'organization' ,
'A computer science portal' );
// Use createAttribute() function to create an attribute node $domAttribute = $domDocument ->createAttribute( 'name' );
// Value of created attribute $domAttribute ->value = 'GeeksforGeeks' ;
// Append element to the document $domElement ->appendChild( $domAttribute );
// Append it to the document itself $domDocument ->appendChild( $domElement );
// Save the document into XML and display it echo $domDocument ->saveXML();
?> |
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <organization name="GeeksforGeeks">A computer science portal</organization>
Program 2:
<?php // Create a new DOMDocument $domDocument = new DOMDocument( '1.0' , 'iso-8859-1' );
// Use createElement() function to create an element node $domElement = $domDocument ->createElement( 'organization' ,
'GeeksforGeeks' );
$domAttribute1 = $domDocument ->createAttribute( 'name' );
// Value for the created attribute $domAttribute1 ->value = 'GeeksforGeeks' ;
// Append element to the document $domElement ->appendChild( $domAttribute1 );
// Use createAttribute() function to create an attribute node $domAttribute2 = $domDocument ->createAttribute( 'address' );
// Value for the created attribute $domAttribute2 ->value = 'Noida' ;
// Append element to the document $domElement ->appendChild( $domAttribute2 );
// Use createAttribute() function to create an attribute node $domAttribute3 = $domDocument ->createAttribute( 'email' );
// Value for the created attribute $domAttribute3 ->value = 'abc@geeksforgeeks.org' ;
// Append element to the document $domElement ->appendChild( $domAttribute3 );
// Append it to the document itself $domDocument ->appendChild( $domElement );
// Save the document to XML and display it echo $domDocument ->saveXML();
?> |
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <organization name="GeeksforGeeks" address="Noida" email="abc@geeksforgeeks.org"> GeeksforGeeks </organization>
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.createattribute.php