DOMElement
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DOMElement::setAttribute

Adds new or modifies existing attribute

Description

public DOMAttrbool DOMElement::setAttribute(string $qualifiedName, string $value)

Sets an attribute with name qualifiedName to the given value. If the attribute does not exist, it will be created.

Parameters

qualifiedName

The name of the attribute.

value

The value of the attribute.

Return Values

The created or modified DOMAttr or false if an error occurred.

Errors/Exceptions

May throw a DOMException with the following error codes:

DOM_NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR

Raised if the node is readonly.

Examples

Example #1 Setting an attribute

<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument("1.0");
$node = $doc->createElement("para");
$newnode = $doc->appendChild($node);
$newnode->setAttribute("align", "left");
?>

See Also

  • DOMElement::hasAttribute
  • DOMElement::getAttribute
  • DOMElement::removeAttribute