Adding Simple XML Element with PHP that has a Colon

php, xml

Solution

In addition to the namespace prefix (the part before the colon), you must also include the corresponding namespace URI (as the third argument):

$record_xml->addAttribute(
    'xsi:schemaLocation',
    'http://abc.com file:///somepath/somename.xsd',
    'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'
);

Problem

I am attempting to add an XML attribute with PHP that contains a colon. I want it to look like this: ``` <record xsi:schemaLocation="http://abc.com/abcItem file:///somename.xsd"> ``` I attempted to add the attribute like this: ``` $record_xml->addAttribute('xsi:schemaLocation','http://abc.com file:///somepath/somename.xsd'); ``` but the resulting XML is: ``` <record schemaLocation="http://abc.com/abcItem file:///somepath/somename.xsd"> ```

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