PHP | XMLWriter fullEndElement() Function

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The XMLWriter::fullEndElement() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to end current element which is started using XMLWriter::startElement() function. Difference between endElement() function and fullEndElement() function is that the former adds a backslash to same element in case of empty element whereas later creates a separate ending element.

Syntax:

bool XMLWriter::fullEndElement( void )

Parameters: This function doesn’t accept any parameter.

Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Below examples illustrate the XMLWriter::fullEndElement() function in PHP:

Example 1:

<?php 
  
// Create a new XMLWriter instance 
$writer = new XMLWriter(); 
  
// Create the output stream as PHP 
$writer->openURI('php://output'); 
  
// Start the document 
$writer->startDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8'); 
  
// Start a element 
$writer->startElement('p'); 
  
// End the element 
$writer->fullEndElement(); 
  
// End the document 
$writer->endDocument(); 
?> 

Output:

Example 2: In this program, we will compare endElement() and fullEndElement() functions

<?php 
  
// Create a new XMLWriter instance 
$writer = new XMLWriter(); 
  
// Create the output stream as PHP 
$writer->openURI('php://output'); 
  
// Start the document 
$writer->startDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8'); 
  
// Set the indent 
$writer->setIndent(true); 
  
// Start a element 
$writer->startElement('fullEndElement'); 
  
// End the element 
$writer->fullEndElement(); 
  
// Start a element 
$writer->startElement('endElement'); 
  
// End the element 
$writer->endElement(); 
  
// End the document 
$writer->endDocument(); 
?> 