Update the value of an attribute of an xml element.

Use the [xml_element->setattribute] method.

This example shows how to change the "day" attribute of the "vacation" xml_element.

Code

var(vacationDays = xml('<vacation day="23" weekday="Friday"><employee>Sean</employee></vacation>') )

'Day is '+$vacationDays->getattribute('day')+'\n'

//change the value
$vacationDays->setattribute('day', '21')
'Day is '+$vacationDays->getattribute('day')

Result

Day is 23
Day is 21

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Add an attribute to an xml_element

This example shows how to add an attribute called "month" with the value "March" to the "vacation" xml_element above.

Code

$vacationDays->settattribute('month', 'March')

$vacationDays

Result

<vacation day="21" weekday="Friday" month="March">
     <employee>Sean</employee>
</vacation>