Re: XML vs. PHP manual???

I alway knew there is an easier way to do that. Problem is just don't know it. I like your example and it is an wonderful example. I can use it. One quick question. The function, "posttofunction()", is that a make-believe function? I check PHP.net and it doesn't have this function, so I assume you just put it there to make a point about the whole script. Thanks, FletchSOD "Richard Lynch" <rich@phpbootcamp.com> wrote in message news:php.general-109230@news.php.net... > >I read the useful document about XML in PHP on > >http://www.analysisandsolutions.com/code/phpxml.html. I > >still haven't made > >much progress on XML. I'm still confuse about XML. I had to write XML > >stuffs on the client-side with the build-in XML request and it doesn't make > >sense that the client brower should be communicating to credit bureau > >network without going to my company's PHP webserver to that credit bureau. > >So, it meant I have to use the post request that would send the data to my > >company's PHP webserver and somehow convert it into xml and send it to that > >credit bureau by cURL. Is there a way to do that?? > > As I recall, only the DOM model can easily add/alter "nodes" to an XML > document. SAX would be not useful... (Or was it the other way around...?) > > Anyway, you may be trying too hard :-) > > Unless your credit bureau is incredibly different from all the rest, it will > *PROBABLY* be easiest to just do something not unlike: > > <?php > # import expected $_POST variables if register_globals is off. > $xml = <<<ENDOFXML > <XML> > <NAME>$name</NAME> > <ADDRESS>$address</ADDRESS> > . > . > . > </XML> > ENDOFXML; > $result = posttohost('http://yourcreditbureau.com', > $xml); > ?> > > I mean, really, do you want to make life all complicated by trying to create > some giant XML data structure when all you really need is one stupid little > never-changing string with the data in it? > > If you're building a complex application to *TRADE* tons of info with your > credit bureau, you'd want to "scale up" and generalize your XML-creation > with complex data structures so you can easily alter it when they change the > DTD out from under you or whatever. > > But if you are just sending the one kind of XML request off to the credit > bureau, don't make your life complicated for no real reason. > > Just my opinion. > > -- > Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm > I'm looking for a PRO QUALITY two-input sound card supported by Linux (any > major distro). Need to record live events (mixed already) to stereo > CD-quality. Soundcard Recommendations? > Software to handle the recording? Don't need fancy mixer stuff. Zero (0) > post-production time. Just raw PCM/WAV/AIFF 16+ bit, 44.1KHz, Stereo > audio-to-disk.