php-doc-en/reference/dom/functions/dom-domelement-setattribute.xml

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<refentry id='function.dom-domelement-setattribute'>
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>DOMElement->setAttribute()</refname>
  <refpurpose>Adds new attribute</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <classsynopsis>
   <ooclass><classname>DOMElement</classname></ooclass>
   <methodsynopsis>
    <type>bool</type><methodname>setAttribute</methodname>
    <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>name</parameter></methodparam>
    <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>value</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
  </classsynopsis>
  <para>
   Sets an attribute with name <parameter>name</parameter> to the given
   value. If the attribute does not exist, it will be created.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>name</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The name of the attribute.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>value</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The value of the attribute.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.success;
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="exceptions">
  &reftitle.exceptions;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><constant>DOM_NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR</constant></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Raised if the node is readonly.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Setting an attribute</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument("1.0");
$node = $doc->createElement("para");
$newnode = $doc->appendChild($node);
$newnode->setAttribute("align", "left");
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domelement-hasattribute" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domelement-getattribute" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domelement-removeattribute" /></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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