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+--TEST--
+DOMAttr __construct() with no arguments.
+--CREDITS--
+Josh Sweeney <jsweeney@alt-invest.net>
+# TestFest Atlanta 2009-05-14
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php require_once('skipif.inc'); ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$attr = new DOMAttr();
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'DOMException' with message 'DOMAttr::__construct() expects at least 1 parameter, 0 given' in %s:%d
+Stack trace:
+#0 %s(%d): DOMAttr->__construct()
+#1 {main}
+  thrown in %s on line %d