The XMLWriter::startAttribute() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to start attribute. This attribute can be later closed with XMLWriter::endAttribute() function.
Syntax:
bool XMLWriter::startAttribute( string $name )
Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $name which holds the name of attribute.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Below examples illustrate the XMLWriter::startAttribute() function in PHP:
Example 1:
<?php // Create a new XMLWriter instance $writer = new XMLWriter();
// Create the output stream as PHP // Start the document $writer ->startDocument( '1.0' , 'UTF-8' );
// Start a element $writer ->startElement( 'div' );
// Start the attribute $writer ->startAttribute( 'attrib' );
// Add value to the attribute $writer ->text( 'value' );
// End the attribute $writer ->endAttribute();
// End the element $writer ->endElement();
// End the document $writer ->endDocument();
?> |
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <div attrib="value"/>
Example 2: In this example we will add styling to the element
<?php // Create a new XMLWriter instance $writer = new XMLWriter();
// Create the output stream as PHP // Start the document $writer ->startDocument( '1.0' , 'UTF-8' );
// Start a h1 element $writer ->startElement( 'h1' );
// Start the style attribute $writer ->startAttribute( 'style' );
// Add value to the attribute $writer ->text( 'color:green' );
// End the attribute $writer ->endAttribute();
// Add value to the element $writer ->text( 'GeeksforGeeks' );
// End the element $writer ->endElement();
// End the document $writer ->endDocument();
?> |
Output: