Re: XML

XML directly is the IE issue you are refering to. XML is a set of rules (such as HTML is) that are ment to be interperted by something. An ideal setup (for a web-based application) is this: 1) PHP executes code that creates XML data as it's output (instead of just echo'ing it to the screen) 2) XSLT (see manual) translates the XML that was generated into HTML which is what is sent to the browser. This allows you to create a seperation between PHP code and HTML output. You loose speed in the long run but it is sometimes worth it. If you are however going to be talking directly with a piece of software capable of understanding the XML directly, you don't need to do any translating from XML to HTML. This is a VERY, VERY, VERY minimal overview on the issue. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Siim Einfeldt aka Itpunk" <siim_e@pshg.edu.ee> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 2:14 PM Subject: [PHP] XML > > hi, > > I`d like to know a bit more about combining xml-php-mysql in web > applications (or just sites). I`ve read somewhere that it can only be > used properly starting from IE5, but Im almost sure this isnt > the > case. Could someone point me to some really informative site or explain > this (...topics concerning using XML) a bit? > > > Thanks > Siim Einfeldt > itpunk@itpunk.com > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >