xmlWriterStartDocument

SYNOPSIS

int xmlWriterStartDocument(xmlWriter writer, string version
            [, string encoding [, string standalone]])

Parameters:

• writer - the xmlWriter

• version - the XML version to use (usually 1.0)

• encoding (optional) - what character encoding to use for the document. UTF-8 is used by default.

• standalone (optional) - pass yes to make this a standalone XML document. See http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-rmd for more information. The value no may be passed to make the document not standalone (default).

Returns:

• the bytes written (may be 0 because of buffering) or -1 in case of error

DESCRIPTION
xmlWriterStartDocument() starts the XML document in writer. This consists of writing out the XML declaration, such as <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

EXAMPLE

<$ret = (xmlWriterStartDocument($writer, '1.0', 'UTF-8'))>

SEE ALSO
xmlWriterNewToFile, xmlWriterNewToString, xmlWriterSetIndent