RE: [PHP] Re: PHP & XML

Sure in this context I agree with you, but how often do you have a website which needs to publish in many different formats? I have designed and built websites for a while and have never come across such an application. But if I were ever I would definitely invest the effort that is required, but until then I will save myself from the extra work. Cheers Simon -----Original Message----- From: José León Serna [mailto:jose.leon@securitydata.es] Sent: 16 October 2002 10:40 To: Joshua Alexander Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: PHP & XML El mié, 16-10-2002 a las 10:22, Joshua Alexander escribió: > I have to agree with Simon. I am at a loss when it comes to seeing > any benefit to XML that doesn't involve data exchange between at > least two parties. > > I've spent the last two years building database-backed websites, so > I'm constantly trying to improve how I build them in order to make > design and maintenance easier... I used to rely heavily on SSI for > this, and now I rely more on PHP... if XML would make things easier, > believe me, I would LOVE to know how... but I just don't see it. Let's imagine you create a website of an online magazine, this magazine publishes in HTML, PDF, TXT, PS, etc, etc, etc. How would you do it? I would use XML to write the articles and then stylesheets to transform the articles to the formats I want. Write once, publish anywhare ;-) Regards -- XPde :: XP-like desktop environment (developed with Kylix ;-) http://www.xpde.com