Re: Php and XSL

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

First you need to determine what XSL gives you and if it is meeting a
business need.  IMO, XSL just adds an additional layer of complexity and
failure to an application where you most likely own both ends of the
spectrum.  On the flip side, XSL can work great for times when you need to
convert a vendors XML PurchaseOrder document to your version of an XML
PurchaseOrder.

Stick with PHP as your language to implement logic and interface with the
DB.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/


On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:25 AM, David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I had a brief go at learning php a while ago and managed to make my first
> personal web application with mysql. I didn't get very far, but was
> reasonably satisfied with the result. Since then, my company has had me
> trained in XSL. For the simple reason that now I can program in XSL rather
> than PHP, I was thinking of developing my site in XSL and XML. Is it
> possible to mix XSL or XML with php? If the adress of my page is http://:mySite.php,
> where will be the references to my XSL or XML files? Will I have to generate
> XML from php code with a reference to my XSL file? Will the server generate
> the XML then process the XSL? Is there a simpler way for me? I was hoping to
> keep the php/mysql that I've developped so far.
>
> Thanks.
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