Re: Php and XSL

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 20, 2010, at 9:50 AM, web400-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I think I would have to convert my mysql data to xml first. I'm not  
> too concerned about performance. Its a case of using my XSL skills  
> to do my web site, or relying on my lack of php skills and not doing  
> my website. At the moment, I have php reading from a mysql database  
> and generating HTML. Now I want to generate HTML with XSL/XML. I was  
> wondering if I could mix the two (php and xsl) but maybe that's not  
> possible.



You can certainly mix PHP with XML/XSL/etc. but as others have noted  
that is not what XSL is about. It is a transformation language XML to  
HTML, or XML to PDF, or ... Zend have an article here http://devzone.zend.com/article/1302 
 and there are many others on the web.

Using it for the purpose you describe is equivalent to taking a power  
drill and using it as a hammer.  It might work but it isn't the right  
tool for the job.

I'm having a problem in understanding what it is in PHP that you think  
you'll have problems with.  Based on my experience with XSL I'd say  
anyone who can understand that should be able to write PHP with their  
eyes closed!


Jon Paris

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