XMLWriter::endElement

xmlwriter_end_element

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

XMLWriter::endElement -- xmlwriter_end_element — End current element

Description

Object oriented style

bool XMLWriter::endElement ( void )

Procedural style

bool xmlwriter_end_element ( resource $xmlwriter )

Ends the current element.

Parameters

xmlwriter: Only for procedural calls. The XMLWriter resource that is being modified. This resource comes from a call to xmlwriter_open_uri() or xmlwriter_open_memory().

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

User Contributed Notes

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3 years ago


Note that elements opened this way will *remain open* (i.e. the XML will be badly formed and thus invalid) unless *each element* is explicitly closed with XMLWriter::endElement.

If you have multiple elements open, and wish to simply close them all -- including the root element -- this snippet is what you want:

<?php

// Automatically close all remaining open elements.
while ($xml->endElement() !== false) { continue; }

?>

In some cases, XMLWriter::writeElement might serve you better: it writes complete elements, but isn't suitable when you need to loop to generate its contents, unless this is done beforehand.