Re: serializing DomDocument objects.

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, neill wrote: > > you have a DomDocument with child-elements? > > > > No, it's not possible (even if you don't have Child-elements). libxml2 > > has no possibility to "serialize" their internal tree and will not have > > in the soon future. > > > > Therefore the only solution is to use saveXML(). We could (but i don't > > know the details) wrap that around serialize, but it doesn't make much > > sense to me and speed gain would be zero... > > ok. well, maybe you could talk to the other developer's and see if they > understand my point - and whether it would be worthwhile to add the > ability to serialize DomDocuent objects. It's not possible. saveXML GIVES you a serialized form of your DocDocument... that's the whole point of DOM. > i'm not saying "i'm right you're > wrong" or anything like that, all i want is to make my software as fast as > possible, and i thought serializing would help by avoiding having to > create the "internal tree" again and again. Perhaps you'd need to rethink your design... Derick -- "Interpreting what the GPL actually means is a job best left to those that read the future by examining animal entrails." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ International PHP Magazine http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------