# The XMLWriter class

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

## Introduction

## Class synopsis

class XMLWriter {
/* Methods */
public endAttribute(): bool
public endCdata(): bool
public endComment(): bool
public endDocument(): bool
public endDtd(): bool
public endDtdAttlist(): bool
public endDtdElement(): bool
public endDtdEntity(): bool
public endElement(): bool
public endPi(): bool
public flush(bool `$empty` = `true`): string|int
public fullEndElement(): bool
public openMemory(): bool
public openUri(string `$uri`): bool
public outputMemory(bool `$flush` = `true`): string
public setIndent(bool `$enable`): bool
public setIndentString(string `$indentation`): bool
public startAttribute(string `$name`): bool
public startAttributeNs(?string `$prefix`, string `$name`, ?string `$namespace`): bool
public startCdata(): bool
public startComment(): bool
public startDocument(?string `$version` = "1.0", ?string `$encoding` = `null`, ?string `$standalone` = `null`): bool
public startDtd(string `$qualifiedName`, ?string `$publicId` = `null`, ?string `$systemId` = `null`): bool
public startDtdAttlist(string `$name`): bool
public startDtdElement(string `$qualifiedName`): bool
public startDtdEntity(string `$name`, bool `$isParam`): bool
public startElement(string `$name`): bool
public startElementNs(?string `$prefix`, string `$name`, ?string `$namespace`): bool
public startPi(string `$target`): bool
public text(string `$content`): bool
public static toMemory(): static
public static toStream(resource `$stream`): static
public static toUri(string `$uri`): static
public writeAttribute(string `$name`, string `$value`): bool
public writeAttributeNs(
?string `$prefix`,
string `$name`,
?string `$namespace`,
string `$value`
): bool
public writeCdata(string `$content`): bool
public writeComment(string `$content`): bool
public writeDtd(
string `$name`,
?string `$publicId` = `null`,
?string `$systemId` = `null`,
?string `$content` = `null`
): bool
public writeDtdAttlist(string `$name`, string `$content`): bool
public writeDtdElement(string `$name`, string `$content`): bool
public writeDtdEntity(
string `$name`,
string `$content`,
bool `$isParam` = `false`,
?string `$publicId` = `null`,
?string `$systemId` = `null`,
?string `$notationData` = `null`
): bool
public writeElement(string `$name`, ?string `$content` = `null`): bool
public writeElementNs(
?string `$prefix`,
string `$name`,
?string `$namespace`,
?string `$content` = `null`
): bool
public writePi(string `$target`, string `$content`): bool
public writeRaw(string `$content`): bool
}

## Table of Contents

- XMLWriter::endAttribute — End attribute
- XMLWriter::endCdata — End current CDATA
- XMLWriter::endComment — Create end comment
- XMLWriter::endDocument — End current document
- XMLWriter::endDtd — End current DTD
- XMLWriter::endDtdAttlist — End current DTD AttList
- XMLWriter::endDtdElement — End current DTD element
- XMLWriter::endDtdEntity — End current DTD Entity
- XMLWriter::endElement — End current element
- XMLWriter::endPi — End current PI
- XMLWriter::flush — Flush current buffer
- XMLWriter::fullEndElement — End current element
- XMLWriter::openMemory — Create new xmlwriter using memory for string output
- XMLWriter::openUri — Create new xmlwriter using source uri for output
- XMLWriter::outputMemory — Returns current buffer
- XMLWriter::setIndent — Toggle indentation on/off
- XMLWriter::setIndentString — Set string used for indenting
- XMLWriter::startAttribute — Create start attribute
- XMLWriter::startAttributeNs — Create start namespaced attribute
- XMLWriter::startCdata — Create start CDATA tag
- XMLWriter::startComment — Create start comment
- XMLWriter::startDocument — Create document tag
- XMLWriter::startDtd — Create start DTD tag
- XMLWriter::startDtdAttlist — Create start DTD AttList
- XMLWriter::startDtdElement — Create start DTD element
- XMLWriter::startDtdEntity — Create start DTD Entity
- XMLWriter::startElement — Create start element tag
- XMLWriter::startElementNs — Create start namespaced element tag
- XMLWriter::startPi — Create start PI tag
- XMLWriter::text — Write text
- XMLWriter::toMemory — Create new XMLWriter using memory for string output
- XMLWriter::toStream — Create new XMLWriter using a stream for output
- XMLWriter::toUri — Create new XMLWriter using a URI for output
- XMLWriter::writeAttribute — Write full attribute
- XMLWriter::writeAttributeNs — Write full namespaced attribute
- XMLWriter::writeCdata — Write full CDATA tag
- XMLWriter::writeComment — Write full comment tag
- XMLWriter::writeDtd — Write full DTD tag
- XMLWriter::writeDtdAttlist — Write full DTD AttList tag
- XMLWriter::writeDtdElement — Write full DTD element tag
- XMLWriter::writeDtdEntity — Write full DTD Entity tag
- XMLWriter::writeElement — Write full element tag
- XMLWriter::writeElementNs — Write full namespaced element tag
- XMLWriter::writePi — Writes a PI
- XMLWriter::writeRaw — Write a raw XML text

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