Re: [PHP4BETA] XSL module in PHP4

Well that's simply a question of implementation. In my current application (Using Cold Fusion with the assistance of a C++ dll) I keep track of file changes and only revalidate the document if it has been modified and/or added. I agree that PHPs goal is not to become a general programming language, however I do believe that it should be as robust as possible, and the ability to validate an XML document against a DTD, though perhaps an intensive process, would be something that more than a few developers I have spoken to would like to see added to PHP, whether through expat or Xerces. Just my .02 Sean On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Anh (Ly) Vuong wrote: > > Since there already the expat, I guess I am not that thrill to > replace expat with Xerces to gain the validation feature. I like the > expat, which is lean and mean! :) > > Morever, PHP is a server-side scripting language, and its forte is in > the area of dynamically generating pages quickly; thus validating XML > documents can be done offline or much less frequent than cranking out > the response pages (either HTML or XML). I don't think the main purpose > of PHP is to become a general programing language, to write software > tools or utilities. > > However, I believe that PHP is missing the XSL functionality, and try > to squeeze the XSL functionality through Java (allowing PHP to call Java > class) is awkward as best. > > Regards, > Ly Vuong > --- > PHP Developers List wrote: > > > > On a smiliar note, has anyone considering integrating Xerces, the Open > > Source XML/SAX parser that the Apache project is now working on? The > > added benefit here would be that it is a validating parser, unlike the > > current expat libraries that PHP uses. Check out xml.apache.org if you > > are curious. Is the Apache License the issue? Any ideas? > > > > Sean > > > > On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Anh (Ly) Vuong wrote: > > > > > > > > I vote for the Xalan, C/C++ version, making it a SO module, which > > > then other processes can use. Count me in if we are going to do this. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Ly Vuong > > > --- > > > Victor Burwitz wrote: > > > > > > > > Is anyone working on a XSL (specially on a XSLT part) module? > > > > > > > > I evaluated the market for XSL libraries. The most promissing approaches > > > > were XT by James Clark (the author of Expat, currently used in PHP and > > > > in XML::Perl and quite some other products, a very good engine) and > > > > Xalan > > > > by the Apache Group. > > > > > > > > The problem with XT is that is just available and by the contact I had > > > > to J.Clark it looks like he has no idea if he is going to port it to > > > > C/C++. > > > > > > > > The problem with Xalan is that it is just available in a final release > > > > for Java and the existing C/C++ version just runs on Win32 (which suckx, > > > > to say it directly). > > > > I am shure that will change but I do not know if that is a good sign of > > > > quality > > > > (do not understand me wrong I am no MS hater, just long time > > > > experience). > > > > > > > > I specially think these two products would be good, since: > > > > - they are open source > > > > - will have or have already a wide base of users > > > > - do not use something like the mozilla license > > > > - have a high grade of functionality (at least in their Java versions) > > > > > > > > What will come? Anyone any Ideas? > > > > > > > > Victor Burwitz > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PHP 4.0 Beta Mailing List <—
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