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    XMLReader::getAttribute

    (PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)

    XMLReader::getAttribute — Get the value of a named attribute

    Description

    public 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.

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    User Contributed Notes

    Anonymous
    5 years ago
    Or use XMLReader::ELEMENT and XMLReader::END_ELEMENT rather than the numbers 1 and 15.
    Gabi
    8 years ago
    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.
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