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PHP addAttribute() Function

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Definition and Usage

The addAttribute() function adds an attribute to the SimpleXML Element.

Syntax

class SimpleXMLElement
{
string addAttribute(name,value,ns)
}

Parameter Description
name Required. Specifies the name of the attribute
value Required. Specifies the value of the attribute
ns Optional. Specifies the namespace of the attribute

Example

XML File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>

PHP Code

<?php
$xml = simplexml_load_file("test.xml");

$xml->body[0]->addAttribute("type", "small");

foreach($xml->body[0]->attributes() as $a => $b)
  {
  echo $a,'="',$b,"\"</br>";
  }
?>

The output of the code above will be:

type="small"

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