Re: XML

> Thank you for the good introduction. Have you got some working code > which does the exact thing you`re describing?php->XML->XSLT->HTML and > maybe some databases too? If you had, I`d appreciate if you could send me > something. Let me know, thanks. I did a test project this way, and was not satisfied. I find php itself to be a better intermediary: get the data you need into arrays, etc w/php, then include templates for your various markup formats. going directly to xml is extremely inefficient, and unless you're doing actual DTD translation, I have found XSLT to be fairly useless for real html-oriented production use. also, that only works well (and is clean) if you're doing fairly standard "document-oriented" stuff. XSLT is very much like CFML, obviously a performing a more specialized function, but who wants to revert back to a special "interpreted markup" language? ergh. There are, of course, soem cases where you will absolutely want to use XSLT, and it will be the right choice... but for fairly html-centric web development it's a bunch of extra hoo-ha. anyway, my 2 cents, people disagree w/me, which is fine. but my advice: try it on a small scale _first_. make sure it jives w/you. :) _alex > Siim Einfeldt > >> 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 >>> >>> >> > > > -- > 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 >