# DOMAttr->__construct()

(PHP 5)

DOMAttr->__construct() — Creates a new DOMAttr object

### Description

DOMAttr
__construct ( string `$name` [, string `$value` ] )

Creates a new DOMAttr object. This object is read only. It may be appended to a document, but additional nodes may not be appended to this node until the node is associated with a document. To create a writeable node, use DOMDocument->createAttribute().

### Parameters

`name`

  The tag name of the attribute.

`value`

  The value of the attribute.

### Examples

Example#1 Creating a new DOMAttr

`<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1');
$element = $dom->appendChild(new DOMElement('root'));
$attr = $element->setAttributeNode(new DOMAttr('attr', 'attrvalue'));
echo $dom->saveXML(); /* <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><root attr="attrvalue" /> */
?>`

### See Also

- DOMDocument->createAttribute()