note 86948 added to function.simplexml-element-addAttribute

simpleXML have only read/write methods. Then how to remove attributes in node? There is a simpe way to remove attribute without DOM extension. Use unset(); Example: if "samlpe.xml" contains <?xml version="1.0"?> <books> <book author="unknown">The Secret History of the Mongols</book> <book author="Jack Weatherford">Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World</book> <book author="David Morgan">The Mongols (The Peoples of Europe)</book> <book author="Stephen Turnbull">Mongol Warrior 1200-1350</book> <book author="Marco Polo">The Travels of Marco Polo</book> <book author="J. J. Saunders">The History of Mongol Conquests</book> </books> <?php // load xml file $xml = simplexml_load_file("sample.xml"); // remove first book's attribute unset($xml->book[0][author]); // write xml file $xml->asXML("sample.xml"); ?> Now "sample.xml" is: <?xml version="1.0"?> <books> <book>The Secret History of the Mongols</book> <book author="Jack Weatherford">Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World</book> <book author="David Morgan">The Mongols (The Peoples of Europe)</book> <book author="Stephen Turnbull">Mongol Warrior 1200-1350</book> <book author="Marco Polo">The Travels of Marco Polo</book> <book author="J. J. Saunders">The History of Mongol Conquests</book> </books> That's it. ---- Server IP: 219.94.145.73 Probable Submitter: 210.157.228.36 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-element-addAttribute.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/86948 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86948/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86948/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86948/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86948/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86948/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86948/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86948 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/86948 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php