[BNM] Create XML with PHP 4 question...

[Alan Braddish]

Thanks Jay,

Looks very useful.

Considering getting my client to upgrade to PHP5 on their server and perhaps
looking at using the DOM for XML in PHP5.



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Jay Caines-Gooby
Sent: 01 March 2007 19:03
To: Brighton New Media
Subject: Re: [BNM] Create XML with PHP 4 question...

On 3/1/07, Alan Braddish <alan at webspoke.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've been given the task of creating an XML file using PHP 4 from data in
a
> MySQL db.  However, not having done any XML in PHP before, I was wondering
> if anybody could enlighten me as to the best method to use?
>
> I would rather avoid having to manually echo the <tag> and </tag> tags out
> to a file.
>
> What's the DOM object/functions I should be using in PHP to achieve this?

Don't torture yourself trying to use the (undocumented/badly
documented/wrongly documented* delete as appropriate) php4 DOM
methods.

Use this or something like it instead:

http://ciaran.nurples.com/builder/docs/Builder/_Builder.php.html

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