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    DOMElement::setAttributeNode

    (PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

    DOMElement::setAttributeNode — Adds new attribute node to element

    Description

    public DOMElement::setAttributeNode(DOMAttr $attr): DOMAttr|null|false

    Adds new attribute node attr to element. If an attribute with the same name already exists on the element, that attribute is replaced by attr.

    Parameters

    attr

    The attribute node.

    Return Values

    Returns the old attribute if it has been replaced or null if there was no old attribute. If a DOM_WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR error is raised, and strictErrorChecking is false, false is returned.

    Errors/Exceptions

    DOM_WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR

    Raised if attr belongs to a different document than the element.

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    karvjorm at users.sourceforge.net
    17 years ago
    $dom = new DomDocument('1.0','iso-8859-15');

    $ht_ml = $dom->appendChild($dom->createElement('html'));

    $he_ad = $ht_ml->appendChild($dom->createElement('head'));

    $tit_le= $he_ad->appendChild($dom->createElement('title'));
    $tit_le->appendChild($dom->createTextNode('DOMAttr test'));

    $me_ta = $he_ad->appendChild(new DOMElement('meta'));
    $me_ta->setAttributeNode(new DOMAttr('name', 'Description'));
    $me_ta->setAttributeNode(new DOMAttr('content', 'example'));

    $me_ta = $he_ad->appendChild(new DOMElement('meta'));
    $me_ta->setAttributeNode(new DOMAttr('name', 'Author'));
    $me_ta->setAttributeNode(new DOMAttr('content', 'karvjorm'));

    Result:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-15"?>
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>DOMAttr test</title>
        <meta name="Description" content="example"/>
        <meta name="Author" content="karvjorm"/>
      </head>
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