XMLReader::expand
Or use XMLReader::ELEMENT and XMLReader::END_ELEMENT rather than the numbers 1 and 15.
XMLReader::getAttribute
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2)
XMLReader::getAttribute — Get the value of a named attribute
Description
string
XMLReader::getAttribute
( string $name
)
Returns the value of a named attribute or NULL if the attribute does not exist or not positioned on an element node.
Parameters
- name
-
The name of the attribute.
Return Values
The value of the attribute, or NULL if no attribute with the given name is found or not positioned on an element node.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.1.3 | Return NULL if no attribute found. Previously, returned an empty string. |
See Also
- XMLReader::getAttributeNo() - Get the value of an attribute by index
- XMLReader::getAttributeNs() - Get the value of an attribute by localname and URI
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User Contributed Notes
XMLReader::getAttribute
Anonymous
16-Feb-2011 09:02
Gabi
02-Jul-2007 08:15
might be obvious, but not to everyone ;-) ... when reading attributes from a node that has sub-nodes (and creating an output from this node), the output will be issued twice, once on the <ELEMENT> tag and once on the end tag </ELEMENT>. To avoid this, you can test on which part of the node you are using the property nodeType.
It'll be 1 for the element, 15 for the end element.