note 119937 added to function.xmlwriter-write-attribute

If you intermix writing sub-elements and attributes, any attempt to write attributes after the first sub-element will fail and return false: <?php $xml = new XMLWriter(); $xml->openMemory(); $xml->startElement('element'); $xml->writeAttribute('attr1', '0'); $xml->writeElement('subelem', '0'); var_dump($xml->writeAttribute('attr2', '0')); $xml->endElement(); echo $xml->flush(); ?> Outputs: bool(false) <element attr1="0"><subelem>0</subelem></element> This is because this is a forward-only writer and the start tags are already finished. There is no going back to add more attributes later, there is no place to put attr2. This is exactly how it is supposed to work. ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 69.181.163.176 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.xmlwriter-write-attribute.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/119937 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119937/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119937/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119937/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119937/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119937/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119937/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119937 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/119937 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php