XMLReader::getAttributeNs

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)

XMLReader::getAttributeNs — Get the value of an attribute by localname and URI

Description

public XMLReader::getAttributeNs ( string $name , string $namespace ) : string|null

Returns the value of an attribute by name and namespace URI or an empty string if attribute does not exist or not positioned on an element node.

Parameters

name

The local name.

namespace

The namespace URI.

Return Values

The value of the attribute, or an empty string (before PHP 5.6) or null (from PHP 5.6 onwards) if no attribute with the given name and namespace is found or not positioned of element.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 This function can no longer return false.
5.6.0 XMLReader::getAttributeNS() now returns null if the attribute doesn't exist.

See Also

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