RE: [PHP] Re: PHP & XML

Hi everyone,

        And if you have the same application logic for both formats, a

nd you discover a bug in it (or decide to change the order of the records) , what would you do? mirror the same implementation in n places.

XML is not the only solution to this problem.

        I was also a big anti XML fan

I don't consider myself anti-xml... I see some very good uses for it. Some of the folks here have added to that list of uses (finally!) However, I don't know that it's a compelling solution for the problem you mention above. Yeah, if you already have a compelling reason to use XML, fine, but if separation of application logic and display is the ONLY reason, I'd say you don't have much of a reason at all.

        So, whether if you need only one output format, you might consid

er the XML/XSL approach interesting, as it's much more maintanable and e asy to understand.

I have on doubt that THAT point is debatable, although I am not equipped to debate it. I'm willing to try Krysalis or something else sometime... maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised. -Josh