# XMLWriter::startElementNS

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XMLWriter::startElementNS — Create start namespaced element tag

### Description

Object oriented style:

XMLWriter
bool startElementNS ( string `$prefix` , string `$name` , string `$uri` )

Procedural style:

bool xmlwriter_start_element_ns ( resource `$xmlwriter` , string `$prefix` , string `$name` , string `$uri` )

Starts a namespaced element.

### 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().

`prefix`

  The namespace prefix.

`name`

  The element name.

`uri`

  The namespace URI.

### Return Values

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

### See Also

- XMLWriter::endElement
- XMLWriter::writeElementNS