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<h1 class="refname">DOMElement::setAttribute</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DOMElement::setAttribute</span> — <span class="dc-title">Adds new attribute</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="class.domattr.html" class="type DOMAttr">DOMAttr</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DOMElement::setAttribute</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$value</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Sets an attribute with name <em><code class="parameter">name</code></em> to the given
value. If the attribute does not exist, it will be created.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-domelement.setattribute-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">name</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The name of the attribute.
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">value</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The value of the attribute.
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</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-domelement.setattribute-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
The new <a href="class.domattr.html" class="classname">DOMAttr</a> or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if an error occurred.
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<div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-domelement.setattribute-errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><strong><code>DOM_NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Raised if the node is readonly.
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-domelement.setattribute-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-5422">
<p><strong>Example #1 Setting an attribute</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$doc </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DOMDocument</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"1.0"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$node </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">createElement</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"para"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newnode </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">appendChild</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$node</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newnode</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">setAttribute</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"align"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"left"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-domelement.setattribute-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domelement.hasattribute.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMElement::hasAttribute()</a> - Checks to see if attribute exists</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domelement.getattribute.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMElement::getAttribute()</a> - Returns value of attribute</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domelement.removeattribute.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMElement::removeAttribute()</a> - Removes attribute</span></li>
</ul>
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