SimpleXMLElement->addAttribute()

Adds an attribute to the SimpleXML element ()

Example 2247. Add attributes and children to a SimpleXML element

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<?php

include 'example.php';

$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);
$sxe->addAttribute('type', 'documentary');

$movie = $sxe->addChild('movie');
$movie->addChild('title', 'PHP2: More Parser Stories');
$movie->addChild('plot', 'This is all about the people who make it work.');

$characters = $movie->addChild('characters');
$character  = $characters->addChild('character');
$character->addChild('name', 'Mr. Parser');
$character->addChild('actor', 'John Doe');

$rating = $movie->addChild('rating', '5');
$rating->addAttribute('type', 'stars');


echo $sxe->asXML();

?>

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Code Examples / Notes » simplexml element addattribute

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It may be helpful to note that the addAttribute method checks the length of the fields to determine whether or not they are empty. In otherwords if you are trying to addElement("patent_holder", "") this will fail as the strlen is 0.

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SimpleXMLElement->addAttribute()
SimpleXMLElement->addChild()
SimpleXMLElement->asXML()
SimpleXMLElement->attributes()
SimpleXMLElement->children()
SimpleXMLElement->__construct()
SimpleXMLElement->getDocNamespaces()
SimpleXMLElement->getName()
SimpleXMLElement->getNamespaces()
SimpleXMLElement->registerXPathNamespace()
SimpleXMLElement->xpath()
simplexml_import_dom
simplexml_load_file
simplexml_load_string