XMLWriter::startElement

xmlwriter_start_element

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL xmlwriter >= 0.1.0)

XMLWriter::startElement -- xmlwriter_start_elementCreate start element tag

Description

Object-oriented style

public XMLWriter::startElement(string $name): bool

Procedural style

xmlwriter_start_element(XMLWriter $writer, string $name): bool

Starts an element.

Parameters

writer

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

name

The element name.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 writer expects an XMLWriter instance now; previously, a resource was expected.

See Also