Re: XML Dom Parsing

On 4/14/05, Willo van der Merwe <willo@wcic.co.za> wrote: > Hi Matt, > > Thanks for the advice, but I'm working on a library that I hope will > become part of the PEAR collection, so backwards compatibility is > important to me. > > Also, on a different point. I haven't had time to investigate this > myself, but how compatible is PHP5 with PHP4 classes? Will PHP4 classes > scale to PHP5 without changing code? With very few exceptions, yes. Check the archives and Google for more. > > Matt Kynaston wrote: > > >Willo van der Merwe wrote: > > > > > > > >>Hi Guys/Gals, > >> > >>Some advice please. > >>... > >>I don't see any PEAR DOM classes, and I don't particularly want to > >>rely on the user having included DOM support in his/her PHP.* > >> > >> > > > >I'm a lurker, so feel free to ignore the following... > > > >If you're getting XML from a server you have no control over, go with > >PHP5 and its built-in DOM support. It'll save you endless headaches. Really. > > > >I'm not casting no nasturtiums on XML_Tree and co. They're ok at what > >they do. In the past I've found them useful for parsing XML that's under > >my control. But you'll be writing code that can't be (easily) migrated > >to a standards-compliant parser like PHP5. And losing hair every time > >the foreign server throws something at you they don't handle well. > > > >PHP has been making a big fuss of version 5's built-in XML support for > >what, over a year? It sounds like now is the time for you and your users > >to upgrade. > > > >Matt > > -- Justin Patrin