End current element

# XMLWriter::endElement

# xmlwriter_end_element

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

XMLWriter::endElement -- xmlwriter_end_element — End current element

### Description

Object-oriented style

public function XMLWriter::endElement(): bool

Procedural style

function xmlwriter_end_element(XMLWriter `$writer`): bool

Ends the current element.

### Parameters

`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().

### Return Values

Returns `true` on success or `false` on failure.

### Changelog

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

### See Also

- XMLWriter::startElement() - Create start element tag
- XMLWriter::writeElement() - Write full element tag

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