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XMLWriter::startAttributeNs

xmlwriter_start_attribute_ns

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL xmlwriter >= 0.1.0)

XMLWriter::startAttributeNs -- xmlwriter_start_attribute_nsCreate start namespaced attribute

Description

Object-oriented style

public XMLWriter::startAttributeNs(?string $prefix, string $name, ?string $namespace): bool

Procedural style

xmlwriter_start_attribute_ns(
    XMLWriter $writer,
    ?string $prefix,
    string $name,
    ?string $namespace
): bool

Starts a namespaced attribute.

Parameters

writer

Only for procedural calls. The XMLWriter instance that is being modified. This object is returned from a call to xmlwriter_open_uri() or xmlwriter_open_memory().

prefix

The namespace prefix.

name

The attribute name.

namespace

The namespace URI. If namespace is null, the namespace declaration will be omitted.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 writer expects an XMLWriter instance now; previously, a resource was expected.
8.0.0 prefix is nullable now.

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