RE: [PHP] PHP and XML?

Hi, Having looked at XML briefly, I can't honestly see what all the fuss is about. It's just yet another way of describing/encoding data *and* it takes up much more bandwidth too with all those nice <> </> tags. Agreed, it's probably very flexible but if two parties agree to exchange information in a file, then I'm sure a more concise format could be negotiated....ie fixed-width fields or pipe-delimited with whitespace trimmed out. FWIW my £0.02 Mark Wilkinson http://www.wiggis.com > -----Original Message----- > From: abe [mailto:abe@fish.tm] > Sent: 30 August 2000 11:22 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] PHP and XML? > > > Hi everyone, > > I use HTML, PHP3 and Postgres. This seams pretty sufficient > for what I want to > do. > > However i have read recently about XML and how it is going to > change my life. > I just want to know a few things: Stuff I read was not very clear. > > 1. Using the technologies I already use seems to work fine- > Should I be using > XML? > > 2. Is XML run on the server or the browser (if browser are they all > compatible). > > And any other advice that might be useful. >