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XMLWriter::writeCdata

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

Write full CDATA tag

Description

Oop

XMLWriter::writeCdata(string $content): bool

Procedural

xmlwriter_write_cdata(XMLWriter $writer, string $content): bool

Writes a full CDATA.

Parameters

content: The contents of the CDATA.

Return Values

Success

Changelog

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Examples

Basic xmlwriter_write_cdata() Usage

php

<?php
// set up the document
$xml = new XmlWriter();
$xml->openMemory();
$xml->setIndent(true);
$xml->startDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
$xml->startElement('mydoc');
$xml->startElement('myele');

// CData output
$xml->startElement('mycdataelement');
$xml->writeCData("text for inclusion as CData");
$xml->endElement();

// end the document and output
$xml->endElement();
$xml->endElement();
echo $xml->outputMemory(true);
?>

The above example will output:

output

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mydoc>
 <myele>
  <mycdataelement><![CDATA[text for inclusion as CData]]></mycdataelement>
 </myele>
</mydoc>