XMLReader
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XMLReader::getAttributeNs

Get the value of an attribute by localname and URI

Description

public string XMLReader::getAttributeNs ( string $localName , string $namespaceURI )

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

localName

The local name.

namespaceURI

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 localName and namespaceURI is found or not positioned of element.

Changelog

Version Description
5.6.0 XMLReader::getAttributeNS now returns NULL if the attribute doesn't exist.

See Also

  • XMLReader::getAttribute
  • XMLReader::getAttributeNo