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16th June 00:45
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XML instead of SQL
Hi,
I am relativly new to this world. I have read some about xml with php, but I need some guidance! I cannot use a database with my Unix account, but i want to be able to create a dynamic website that will basically display articles. I *think* that the way to do that is somewhere along this: I will need something like this: <article> <date></date> <author></author> <title></title> <body></body> </article> then with php i would be able to read in the "title" for example and display it with the date in the index page. My understanding is that I can do that in XML. and I would like to do that with PHP. my question(s) are: 1. how can I create the xml file? I could fill in a form with the article infrmation and then upload it to some file on the server, but is there a smart way to insert the xml tags other than doing something like print ('<title>'+$article_title) to a file on a server? 2. when I have the "article" uploaded, should i have a seperate text (xml) file for each article, or can i concatanate all in one file? 3. when I do have the xml file created, I am not exaclty sure how i can get php (using built in function, or PEAR) to read in and parse the xml. I can see all of those xml functions in php, but I am not sure exactly what to do! if you can think of some tutorial or do***entation please direct me. thank you. |
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16th June 00:45
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Look into the PHP DOM functions, very useful for this, and will do *exactly* what you need.
Put it all into one file, and use XSL to transform it (check http://www.w3school.org for a quick tutorial on XSL (of which XSLT is a part of)). XSL in PHP is easy, check http://php.net for functions. See point 2  See point 1 and 2! Good luck, and best wishes, Ian P. Christian |
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16th June 00:45
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You can use DOM extension like Ian suggested, or if you don't have DOM
extension available, or choose not to use it - take a look at ActiveLink PHP XML Package: http://www.active-link.com/intranet/software.php OR http://sourceforge.net/projects/php-xml/ OR your favorite source. This package is not dependent on any PHP XML extensions and comes with full class do***entation, and an example/tutorial script to get you started. See the included tutorial script. It's up to you. You can use XSLT as Ian suggested. I would recommend not keeping the file that you would parse most of the time (e.g. front page) too big for performance reasons. See the included tutorial script. You are welcome. -- Business Web Solutions ActiveLink, LLC http://www.active-link.com/intranet/ |
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