You cannot use this to update an existing attribute's value.
Instead, get a DOM version of the SimpleXMLElement and use setAttribute, as per:
$XML = '<element a="aa">Text</element>';
$snode = new simple_xml_element($XML);
$dnode = dom_import_simplexml($snode);
$dnode->setAttribute('a', 'bb');
Resulting XML for the node is:
<element a="bb">Text</element>
SimpleXMLElement::addAttribute
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3, PHP 7, PHP 8)
SimpleXMLElement::addAttribute — Añade un atributo al elemento SimpleXML
Descripción
Añade un atributo al elemento SimpleXML.
Parámetros
-
name -
El nombre del atributo a añadir.
-
value -
El valor del atributo.
-
namespace -
Si se especifica, indica el espacio de nombres al que pertenece el atributo.
Valores devueltos
No devuelve ningún valor.
Ejemplos
Nota:
Los ejemplos enumerados podrían incluir
example.php, que hace referencia al string XML encontrado en el primer ejemplo de la guía de uso básico.
Ejemplo #1 Añadir atributos e hijos a un elemento SimpleXML
<?php
include 'example.php';
$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);
$sxe->addAttribute('tipo', 'documental');
$pelicula = $sxe->addChild('pelicula');
$pelicula->addChild('titulo', 'PHP2: Más historias del Parser');
$pelicula->addChild('argumento', 'Todo sobre la gente que lo hace funcionar.');
$personajes = $pelicula->addChild('personajes');
$personaje = $personajes->addChild('personaje');
$personaje->addChild('nombre', 'Sr. Parser');
$personaje->addChild('actor', 'John Doe');
$puntuacion = $pelicula->addChild('puntuacion', '5');
$puntuacion->addAttribute('tipo', 'estrellas');
echo $sxe->asXML();
?>El resultado del ejemplo sería algo similar a:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<peliculas tipo="documental">
<pelicula>
<titulo>PHP: Tras el Parser</titulo>
<personajes>
<personaje>
<nombre>Srta. Programadora</nombre>
<actor>Onlivia Actora</actor>
</personaje>
<personaje>
<nombre>Sr. Programador</nombre>
<actor>El Actor</actor>
</personaje>
</personajes>
<argumento>
Así que, este lenguaje. Es como, un lenguaje de programación. ¿O es un
lenguaje interpretado? Lo descubrirás en esta intrigante y temible parodia
de un documental.
</argumento>
<grandes-lineas>
<linea>PHP soluciona todos los problemas web</linea>
</grandes-lineas>
<puntuacion tipo="pulgares">7</puntuacion>
<puntuacion tipo="estrellas">5</puntuacion>
</pelicula>
<pelicula>
<titulo>PHP2: Más historias del Parser</titulo>
<argumento>Todo sobre la gente que lo hace funcionar.</argumento>
<personajes>
<personaje>
<nombre>Sr. Parser</nombre>
<actor>John Doe</actor>
</personaje>
</personajes>
<puntuacion tipo="estrellas">5</puntuacion>
</pelicula>
</peliculas>
Ver también
- SimpleXMLElement::addChild() - Añade un elemento hijo al nodo XML
- Uso básico de SimpleXML
add a note
User Contributed Notes 7 notes
Patanjali ¶
8 years ago
booleer at yahoo dot it ¶
13 years ago
If the attribute already exists, addAttribute does nothing.
example:
<?php
$xml_string = <<<XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
<item id="foo">
<root>
XML;
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml_string);
$xml->item->addAttribute('id', 'bar');
echo $xml->asXML();
?>
The above examples will output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
<item id="foo">
<root>
caffeinatedbits ¶
1 year ago
Just found another gem. Need to remove an attribute? That's simple too!
<?php
$xml = <<<EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Animals>
<Dog breed="chihuahua"/>
</Animals>
EOF;
$animals = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="chihuahua"/>
unset($animals->Dog['breed']);
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog/>
?>
caffeinatedbits ¶
1 year ago
I needed a way to update an attribute, but I could not find any documented way to do this.
After much experimentation, here's my findings of what works - the answer was so simple it took me 8 tries to figure it out :-)
Given the following example:
<?php
$xml = <<<EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Animals>
<Dog/>
</Animals>
EOF;
$animals = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog/>
?>
Test #6 - maybe directly modifying the attributes() Iterator like an array will secretly call __set() magic method?
TL;DR: yep
<?php
...
$animals->Dog->addAttribute('breed', "chihuahua");
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="chihuahua">
$dogAttrs = $animals->Dog->attributes();
// object(SimpleXMLElement)#4 (1) {
// ["@attributes"]=>
// array(1) {
// ["breed"]=>
// string(9) "chihuahua"
// }
// }
$dogAttrs['breed'] = "poodle";
// works!
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="poodle">
?>
Test #7 - maybe I don't even need to call attributes() at all?
TL;DR: I sure don't!
<?php
...
$animals->Dog->addAttribute('breed', "chihuahua");
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="chihuahua">
$animals->Dog['breed'] = "poodle";
// works!
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="poodle">
?>
Test #8 - Maybe I never needed to call addAttribute() in the first place?
TL;DR: nope, I can skip that altogether!
<?php
...
$animals->Dog['breed'] = "chihuahua";
// works!
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="chihuahua">
$animals->Dog['breed'] = "poodle";
// works!
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="poodle">
?>
FYI: I also submitted another separate note with what does NOT work just in case you, like me, are curious and tempted to try another way.
p.servus ¶
13 years ago
If you need an Namespace, you must write a Prefix of the Namespace + the Name of the Attribute ("prefix:name") as the first parameter AND the uri as the third one. (I don't know why?!)
Example code:
<?php
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement("<packagedElement></packagedElement>");
$xml->addAttribute("xmi:type", "uml:Class", "http://schema.omg.org/spec/XMI/2.1");
echo $xml->asXml();
?>
Output:
<packagedElement xmlns:xmi="http://schema.omg.org/spec/XMI/2.1" xmi:type="uml:Class"></packagedElement>
caffeinatedbits ¶
1 year ago
I needed a way to update an attribute, but I could not find any documented way to do this.
TL;DR: It's not only possible, but unbelievably simple. See the other note I submitted for what actually works (sorry, I could not fit it all in a single note due to the 4095 character limit).
After much experimentation, here's my findings of what does NOT work; hopefully, it saves you the time and frustration it cost me.
Given the following example:
<?php
$xml = <<<EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Animals>
<Dog/>
</Animals>
EOF;
$animals = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog/>
?>
Test #1 - attempt to call addAttribute() twice
TL;DR: PHP Warning: SimpleXMLElement::addAttribute(): Attribute already exists
<?php
...
$animals->Dog->addAttribute('breed', "chihuahua");
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="chihuahua"/>
$animals->Dog->addAttribute('breed', "poodle");
// PHP Warning: SimpleXMLElement::addAttribute(): Attribute already exists
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="chihuahua"/>
?>
Test #2 - attempt to iterate attributes() (an Iterator) by reference
TL;DR: An iterator cannot be used with foreach by reference
<?php
...
$animals->Dog->addAttribute('breed', "chihuahua");
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="chihuahua">
try {
foreach ($animals->Dog->attributes() as $attr => &$value) {
if ("breed" === $attr) {
$value = "poodle";
}
}
} catch (Throwable $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
// An iterator cannot be used with foreach by reference
}
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="chihuahua">
?>
Test #3 - attempt to re-parse child element and then call addAttribute() on the newly parsed element, as suggested in a note I found here
TL;DR: PHP Warning: SimpleXMLElement::addAttribute(): Attribute already exists
<?php
...
$animals->Dog->addAttribute('breed', "chihuahua");
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="chihuahua">
$animals->Dog = new SimpleXMLElement($animals->asXML());
$animals->Dog->addAttribute('breed', "poodle");
// PHP Warning: SimpleXMLElement::addAttribute(): Attribute already exists
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="chihuahua">
?>
Test #4 - attempt to modify @attributes array element
TL;DR: PHP Notice: Indirect modification of overloaded element of SimpleXMLElement has no effect
<?php
...
$animals->Dog->addAttribute('breed', "chihuahua");
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="chihuahua">
$dogAttrs = $animals->Dog->attributes();
// object(SimpleXMLElement)#4 (1) {
// ["@attributes"]=>
// array(1) {
// ["breed"]=>
// string(9) "chihuahua"
// }
// }
$dogAttrs['@attributes']['breed'] = "poodle";
// PHP Notice: Indirect modification of overloaded element of SimpleXMLElement has no effect
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="chihuahua">
?>
Test #5 - cast attributes() to array and set value of 'breed' element
TL;DR: does not update value in original object
<?php
...
$animals->Dog->addAttribute('breed', "chihuahua");
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="chihuahua">
$dogAttrs = (array) $animals->Dog->attributes();
// array(1) {
// ["@attributes"]=>
// array(1) {
// ["breed"]=>
// string(9) "chihuahua"
// }
// }
$dogAttrs['@attributes']['breed'] = "poodle";
echo $animals->Dog->asXML();
// <Dog breed="chihuahua">
?>
sarlak ¶
13 years ago
You can access a node child with his name this way :
<?php
$root = new SimpleXMLElement($filePath);
echo $root->nodeName->attributes;
// It works recursivly so this will work too
echo $root->nodeName->subNodeName->attributes();
?>
But if you want to ADD an attribute to a children you MUST use the children() method to access and modfiy it or it will modify the parent's attributes.
<?php
// Add a subnode
$element->nodeName->addChild('subNodeName', "whatever you want");
// Get the pos in the childrens of the parent node
$lastNodePos = $element->nodeName->count()-1;
// Get the parents node childrens
$nodeChildrens = $element->nodeName->children();
// Add an attribute to the last created
$nodeChildrens[$lastNodePos]->addAttribute('attributeName', "The attribute value);
?>
