Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-05 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 09:52, Terence wrote: > > PS. > Stop teasing us and give us the link to your open-source solution. I may > be able to poach some ideas for my open-source solution :) > Look no further than the signature. I thought it was bulky enough, but I guess I'll need to make it bigge

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-05 Thread Terence
Rush wrote: "Terence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <> If you *do* finally decide to master XSLT, you have to conclude that *any* other templating system is a complete/utter waste of time. (all authors of ``yet another PHP templating system'', please try not to be off

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-05 Thread Terence
Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 08:18, Terence wrote: Bloody hell Rob, you've started me on another rant when I could be in bed ;) *grin* glad to help out. XSLT is a pain in the butt if you want to master it - particularly if you're going from imperative programming to declarat

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-04 Thread rush
"Terence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <> > If you *do* finally decide to master XSLT, you have to conclude that > *any* other templating system is a complete/utter waste of time. (all > authors of ``yet another PHP templating system'', please try not to be > offend

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-04 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 08:18, Terence wrote: > > Bloody hell Rob, you've started me on another rant when I could be in bed ;) > *grin* glad to help out. > XSLT is a pain in the butt if you want to master it - particularly if > you're going from imperative programming to declarative (maybe XPath

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-04 Thread Raditha Dissanayake
Hi Terrence The only thing that disagree with in your whole post is 'XSLT is a pain in the butt' far from it. I aint no master either but i really like it. XSLT is a pain in the butt if you want to master it - particularly if you're going from imperative programming to declarative (maybe XPath

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-04 Thread Terence
Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 11:30, Raditha Dissanayake wrote: Hi, Please give it a shot, it's real easy. far easier than any of the lame php template systems i have seen. The beauty is that the same XML/XSL combo can be used with PHP, perl, JSP/Servlets, C++, VC++,VB,C,C# and

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-03 Thread Raditha Dissanayake
The ones I tried were lame. Haven't studied your engine yet so i have yet to decide whether it's lame or not ;-) best regards Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 11:30, Raditha Dissanayake wrote: Hi, Please give it a shot, it's real easy. far easier than any of the lame php templa

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-03 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 11:30, Raditha Dissanayake wrote: > Hi, > > Please give it a shot, it's real easy. far easier than any of the lame > php template systems i have seen. The beauty is that the same XML/XSL > combo can be used with PHP, perl, JSP/Servlets, C++, VC++,VB,C,C# and > the list goe

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-03 Thread Raditha Dissanayake
Hi, Please give it a shot, it's real easy. far easier than any of the lame php template systems i have seen. The beauty is that the same XML/XSL combo can be used with PHP, perl, JSP/Servlets, C++, VC++,VB,C,C# and the list goes on and on. Disclaimer: I have never written a single line of VB ,

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-03 Thread Raditha Dissanayake
Hi Terence, I am equally puzzled as to why people are using all sorts of crappy proprietory template systems instead of XSLT. It's particularly useful when dealing with WAP. I suspect the reason could well be the inconsistencies in compiling php with XSLT support. compiling the Sablatron modul

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-03 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 07:21, Terence wrote: > > The publication of the project itself was partially motivated by the > discussions that took place in this thread (A Complete List of PHP > Template Engines?) which basically sees me arguing for the usage of > standards (XSLT) rather than having t