PHP | DOMDocument createAttribute() Function
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 = 'zambiatek'; // 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="zambiatek">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', 'zambiatek'); $domAttribute1 = $domDocument->createAttribute('name'); // Value for the created attribute $domAttribute1->value = 'zambiatek'; // 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@zambiatek.com'; // 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="zambiatek" address="Noida" email="abc@zambiatek.com">
zambiatek
</organization>
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.createattribute.php
