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Demonstrate the XML UpdateAttrAt Method

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Demonstrates the XML UpdateAttrAt method to update attribute name/value pairs in XML.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.64 or later.

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<?php

// Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.64 or later.
$xml = new COM("Chilkat.Xml");

$xml->Tag = 'animals';

$autoCreate = 1;

// When the autoCreate argument equals 1, the UpdateAttrAt
// method auto-creates the children as needed:
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('penguin',$autoCreate,'feature','flightless bird');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('mammal|rodent|squirrel',$autoCreate,'feature','bushy tail');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('mammal|rodent|rat',$autoCreate,'feature','long hairless tail');

// Show the XML
print $xml->getXml() . "\n";

// 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
// 	<animals>
// 	    <penguin feature="flightless bird" />
// 	    <mammal>
// 	        <rodent>
// 	            <squirrel feature="bushy tail" />
// 	            <rat feature="long hairless tail" />
// 	        </rodent>
// 	    </mammal>
// 	</animals>
// 

// Now update each node's "feature" attribute..
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('penguin',$autoCreate,'feature','black and white');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('mammal|rodent|squirrel',$autoCreate,'feature','grey, red, or black');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('mammal|rodent|rat',$autoCreate,'feature','brown, grey, white, or black');

print $xml->getXml() . "\n";

// 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
// 	<animals>
// 	    <penguin feature="black and white" />
// 	    <mammal>
// 	        <rodent>
// 	            <squirrel feature="grey, red, or black" />
// 	            <rat feature="brown, grey, white, or black" />
// 	        </rodent>
// 	    </mammal>
// 	</animals>
// 

?>