XMLWriter::startElement

xmlwriter_start_element

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL xmlwriter >= 0.1.0)

XMLWriter::startElement -- xmlwriter_start_element — Create start element tag

Object-oriented style

public XMLWriter::startElement(string $name): bool

Procedural style

xmlwriter_start_element(XMLWriter $writer, string $name): bool

Starts an element.

writer: Only for procedural calls. The XMLWriter instance that is being modified. This object is returned from a call to xmlwriter_open_uri() or xmlwriter_open_memory().
name: The element name.

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Version	Description
8.0.0	`writer` expects an XMLWriter instance now; previously, a resource was expected.