# XMLWriter::writeAttribute

# xmlwriter_write_attribute

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PECL xmlwriter >= 0.1.0)

XMLWriter::writeAttribute -- xmlwriter_write_attribute — Write full attribute

### Description

Object oriented style

XMLWriter::writeAttribute ( string `$name` , string `$value` ) : bool

Procedural style

xmlwriter_write_attribute ( resource `$xmlwriter` , string `$name` , string `$value` ) : bool

Writes a full attribute.

### Parameters

`xmlwriter`

  Only for procedural calls. The XMLWriter resource that is being modified. This resource comes from a call to xmlwriter_open_uri() or xmlwriter_open_memory().

`name`

  The name of the attribute.

`value`

  The value of the attribute.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example #1 Intermixing Sub-elements and Attributes

If writing sub-elements and attributes is intermixed, any attempt to write attributes after the first sub-element will fail and return false.

`<?php
$xml = new XMLWriter();
$xml->openMemory();
$xml->startElement('element');
$xml->writeAttribute('attr1', '0');
$xml->writeElement('subelem', '0');
var_dump($xml->writeAttribute('attr2', '0'));
$xml->endElement();
echo $xml->flush();
?>`

The above example will output:

    bool(false)
    <element attr1="0"><subelem>0</subelem></element>

### See Also

- XMLWriter::writeAttributeNs() - Write full namespaced attribute
- XMLWriter::startAttribute() - Create start attribute
- XMLWriter::startAttributeNs() - Create start namespaced attribute
- XMLWriter::endAttribute() - End attribute