Gerry:
Check out binarycloud. You have XML-driven site generation,
complete separation of layout/content, et cetera.
_justin
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Gerry Kirk wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I've been doing some research to assess the feasibility of using PHP and
> XML for a web-based database-driven application. From what I've read, it
> seems that presently the costs of using XML outweigh the benefits.
>
> Here are the costs I see:
> 1. XML standards are still maturing
> 2. XSLT is complex and difficult to understand
> 3. Their is minimal support for XML in relational databases, and none for MySQL
> 4. PHP's XML tools are still in their infancy
> 5. The processing time to go from SQL to XML to HTML via XSLT is often high.
>
> The benefits?
> 1. Greater abstraction between data, logic and presentation which can be
> easier to design, develop and maintain.
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Gerry Kirk
>
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