PHP Manual: XMLWriter::startElementNs

Object-oriented style

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

Procedural style

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

Starts a namespaced element.

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. If prefix is null, the namespace will be omitted.
name: The element name.
namespace: The namespace URI. If namespace is null, the namespace declaration will be omitted.

Returns true on success or false on failure.

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

XMLWriter::startElementNs