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<XMLWriter::setIndentStringXMLWriter::startAttributeNs>
^XMLWriterLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

XMLWriter::startAttribute

xmlwriter_start_attribute

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

XMLWriter::startAttribute -- xmlwriter_start_attribute — Create start attribute

Description

Object-oriented style

public function XMLWriter::startAttribute(string $name): bool

Procedural style

function xmlwriter_start_attribute(XMLWriter $writer, string $name): bool

Starts an 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().

name

The attribute name.

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.

Examples

Example #1 Basic XMLWriter::startAttribute() Usage

<?php
$writer = new XMLWriter;
$writer->openURI('php://output');
$writer->startDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
$writer->startElement('element');
$writer->startAttribute('attribute');
$writer->text('value');
$writer->endAttribute();
$writer->endElement();
$writer->endDocument();

The above example will output something similar to:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<element attribute="value"/>

See Also


<XMLWriter::setIndentStringXMLWriter::startAttributeNs>
^XMLWriterLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026