PHP | XMLWriter startComment() Function
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07 Mar, 2024
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The XMLWriter::startComment() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to start comment. This comment later needs to be closed using XMLWriter::endComment() function.
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bool XMLWriter::startComment( void )Parameters:This function doesn’t accept any parameter. Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. Below examples illustrate the XMLWriter::startComment() function in PHP: Example 1:
<?php
// Create a new XMLWriter instance
$writer = new XMLWriter();
// Create the output stream as PHP
$writer->openURI('php://output');
// Start the document
$writer->startDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
// Start a element
$writer->startElement('div');
// Start a comment
$writer->startComment();
// Add text to the comment
$writer->text('This is a comment');
// End the comment
$writer->endComment();
// End the element
$writer->endElement();
// End the document
$writer->endDocument();
?>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <div><!--This is a comment--></div>Program 2:
<?php
// Create a new XMLWriter instance
$writer = new XMLWriter();
// Create the output stream as PHP
$writer->openURI('php://output');
// Start the document
$writer->startDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
// Start a element
$writer->startElement('div');
// Start a comment
$writer->startComment();
// Add text to the comment which will not be visible
$writer->text('This will not be visible.');
// End the comment
$writer->endComment();
// Add value to the element
$writer->text('This is the visible text.');
// End the element
$writer->endElement();
// End the document
$writer->endDocument();
?>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <div><!--This will not be visible.--> This is the visible text.</div>
