(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0)
DomElement::has_attribute — Checks to see if an attribute exists in the current node
$name
   )
   This functions checks to see if an attribute named
   name exists in the current node.
  
nameThe name of the tested attribute.
   Returns TRUE if the asked attribute exists, FALSE otherwise.
  
Example #1 Testing the existence of an attribute
<?php
include("example.inc");
if (!$dom = domxml_open_mem($xmlstr)) {
    echo "Error while parsing the document\n";
    exit;
}
$root = $dom->document_element();
$buffer = '<html';
if ($root->has_attribute('language')) {
    $buffer .= 'lang="' . $root->get_attribute('language') . '"';
}
$buffer .= '>';
?>