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<refentry xml:id='function.domelement-set-attribute' xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>DomElement->set_attribute()</refname>
  <refpurpose>
   Sets the value of an attribute
  </refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <classsynopsis>
   <ooclass><classname>DomElement</classname></ooclass>
   <methodsynopsis>
    <type>DomAttribute</type><methodname>set_attribute</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
   <parameter>value</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>name</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The name of the attribute. If this attribute doesn't exist, it will be 
       created.
      </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>
   Returns the old <classname>DomAttribute</classname> node, or the new one
   if you are creating the attribute for the first time.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Setting an attribute</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$doc = domxml_new_doc("1.0");
$node = $doc->create_element("para");
$newnode = $doc->append_child($node);
$newnode->set_attribute("align", "left");
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="migration">
  <title>Migrating to PHP 5</title>
  <para>
   Use <xref linkend="domelement.setattribute" />.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><xref linkend="function.domelement-get-attribute-node" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.domelement-get-attribute" /></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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