Re: XML / XSL > HTML

send me an email with your requirements and usage, i might be able to sort you out with a bit of space (gratis). php4.3/sablot/mysql3.23 and all the trimmings. jim@devuk.co.uk "Matthew Walden" <mwalden@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:20030423224604.33733.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Yeah thats the way I've got it working so far, but I want to make it > browser independant and not rely on them having an XML aware browser. > > It would also be useful for future projects as well, because many > companies offer realtime XML files of certain things (server status > pages for example) and you might want to format in your own way. You > obviously can't change the XML file to include a link to your style > sheet so it has to be done server side. > > Ray Hunter wrote: > > > I was going to mention that the best way to do it is to create xml pages > > with php and then have the browser(s) handle the xslt transformation for > > you. That way you do not have to do it in PHP, but the client browser > > can do it... > > > > Basically, in your xml file you will specify the xslt stylesheet you > > want to use for the transformation. > > > > I would check out xml.com and here is some more links: > > http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp > > http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/default.asp > > http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/xsl_w3celementref.asp > > > > -- > > Ray > > > > On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 16:28, Matthew Walden wrote: > > > >>Great thanks :) Unfortunatly my host doesn't have this extension > >>installed so I'll either have to find another solution or get onto them > >>about having it enabled I think. > >> > >>Ray Hunter wrote: > >> > >>>Have a look at the xslt extension that uses the sablotron libraries. > >>>That will allow you to do the xml + xslt -> html transformation. > >>> > >>>-- > >>>Ray > >>> > >>>On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 15:41, Matthew Walden wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>I'm wondering whether anyone can help me out with this. ASP has a nice > >>>>function which parses two files - XML and XSL and outputs pure HTML to the > >>>>browser. I've looked through the documentation I could find for PHP XML > >>>>functionality and could only find explanations for making custom parsers. > >>>> > >>>>What I'm looking for is something like what ASP offers - this simple way of > >>>>parsing the two files server side to send pure HTML to the client. I can't > >>>>beleive this doesn't exist because PHP does pretty much everything else that > >>>>ASP does, but I can't see how its done. > >>>> > >>>>Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > > >