# XMLWriter::startAttribute

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XMLWriter::startAttribute — Create start attribute

### Description

Object oriented style:

XMLWriter
bool startAttribute ( string `$name` )

Procedural style:

bool xmlwriter_start_attribute ( resource `$xmlwriter` , string `$name` )

Starts an attribute.

### Parameters

`xmlwriter`

  Only for procedural calls. The XMLWriter resource that is being modified. This resource comes from a call to xmlwriter_open_uri() or xmlwriter_open_memory().

`name`

  The attribute name.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### See Also

- XMLWriter::startAttributeNS
- XMLWriter::endAttribute
- XMLWriter::writeAttribute
- XMLWriter::writeAttributeNS