DOM? (was Re: [PHP4BETA] Php/Xml)

Sorry for changing the subject line. Do you know where can I find the documentation in regard of using the DOM tree via PHP? I see the XML part in the document, but could not find anything about DOM! Much appreciated, Ly Vuong --- Paul DuBois wrote: > > At 12:36 PM -0500 03-01-2000, Vincent Stoessel wrote: > >I have a question about using the new xml features.I've been > >doing some reading about xml (the material can get complicated). > >What I want to know is this: > >using php/xml or any other method can I create custom tags like > > > ><headline>Dynamically generated headline</headline> > >that would be the equivelent of > > > >echo "<center><h1>" .$mysqlrow["Headline"] > >."</h1></center>"; > > > >The advantage of the first method is that code is a little > >easier to read and manipulate in their documents. Am I totally > >off base here? > > > >Please excuse the cross post. > > Do you mean "given an XML document, can I apply it as a formatting > specification for each row I yank out of a database?", the answer > is yes. One way would be to take the XML and convert it to DOM > format (This would be PHP4 only) to get a DOM tree. Then for > each row of your query, traverse the tree and associate your > HTML formatting and/or row values with specific XML elements. > > -- > Paul DuBois, paul@snake.net > > -- > PHP 4.0 Beta Mailing List <http://www.php.net/version4/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php4beta-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php4beta-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php4beta-admin@lists.php.net