RE: [PHP] XML & XSLT

XML is universally standard. So its better to go for XML+XSLT solution for separating presentation layer from business logic layer. If anyone knows about performance issues with XML+XSLT then please let me know. I am not able to figure out the performance hit with this technology. If anyone has done some work with it then it would be nice if i can see that and get some idea. Thanks Hardik --- luis <luis@fuegolabs.com> wrote: > Using XML+XSLT just to present content as HTML is > usually wrong even if > you plan to render different presentations Smarty > can do that faster and > simpler. > Don't use Tomahawks to kill flies. > > --- > Luis Argerich ( ) ASCII > Ribbon Campaign > http://tikiwiki.sourceforge.net X against > HTML on email > "There's no spoon" / \ and > Usenet posts > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hardik Doshi [mailto:php_hardik@yahoo.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 11:46 AM > > To: Justin French; Davy Obdam; Info@Best-IT > > Cc: PHP general > > Subject: [PHP] XML & XSLT > > > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Sorry for changing the subject of this thread but > i > > think it makes more sense for archiving purpose. > > > > I am really looking to go into XML+XSLT world > using > > PHP as server side scripting language. I did lots > of > > research about it. Previously i was comparing > XML+XSLT > > and Smarty. You will find previous discussions > from > > archive > > > > I still have doubt about performance issues with > > XML+XSLT. On every user click, server needs to > process > > XML+XSL using XSLT to output XHTML (or anyother > > format)Someone suggest me to use cache but i still > i > > am not satisfied with it. > > > > If you guys have any idea then please let me know. > If > > you have any references or tutorials then please > > forward those to me. > > > > One thing is sure..XML+XSLT is pretty powerful but > it > > is very complicated to understand spcially XSL. > > > > Anyway keep talking more about this topic. I would > be > > happy to answer some of the questions. > > > > Thanks > > > > Hardik > > > > > > --- Justin French <justin@indent.com.au> wrote: > > > Any links to really good articles on this stuff? > > > > > > Justin > > > > > > > > > on 07/05/03 5:05 AM, Davy Obdam > (info@davyobdam.com) > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > There a few possibilty`s here i think: > > > > > > > > 1. Using CSS to display XML client side, > however i > > > think this is usualy > > > > a bad idea, mainly because not all browsers > > > suppoit it > > > > 2. Using XSLT to transform your XML on the > > > client(to XHTML), well same > > > > as the above, not all browser are yet capable > of > > > doing this, and you > > > > probably have more data in your XML file that > you > > > would like your client > > > > to see... maybe. > > > > 3. The best option is to use XSLT to transform > > > your XML and doing it on > > > > the server. This adds flexiblity because now > you > > > can create multiple XSL > > > > stylesheets to transform your XML in the > required > > > output format, XML, > > > > XHTML, cHTML or whatever you may need. > > > > In case of a webbrowser on a PC/Mac your send > the > > > client gets valid > > > > XHTML, wich is HTML wich confirms to the XML > > > standards;-) > > > > > > > > Just my 0,2 cents > > > > > > > > Info@Best-IT wrote: > > > > > > > >> I've heard a lot that XML is taking over. Is > the > > > browser going to read some > > > >> kind of HTML or straight HTML. Take FlashMX > for > > > instance, you can build a > > > >> movie which is essentially an application > driven > > > by XML. But the XML is > > > >> like a Database with nodes instead of > records. > > > This can be dynamically > > > >> generated and read by the Flash movie, but > > > because it's flash. If you took > > > >> that same flow and created an app that had a > > > browser for the front end > > > >> instead of flash player, how would you get > the > > > browser to understand what it > > > >> needed to display? Are browsers going to be > > > re-written? - Most likely my > > > >> thought process is off track. Mainly I don't > > > understand how a browser can > > > >> read XML? > > > >> > > > >> R/T > > > >> > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > > Davy Obdam > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > > http://search.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com