Practical PHP Programming:XML and XSLT

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We all know that XML has great advantages going for it - it is human-readable, cross-platform, and easily converted into other forms. However, we all also know that it is not the fastest kid on the block when put up against binary formats.

So, how does a web developer harness the power of XML, whilst retaining as much performance as possible? Simple - use PHP's exceptionally fast XML module!

This chapter will teach XML parsing and manipulation using PHP, and requires that you are familiar with PHP as a language. Some familiarity with XML is required, although XML syntax and grammar is not mentioned in detail - the focus is PHP.

Topics covered in this chapter are:

• Standard XML manipulation

• "SimpleXML" – the fast and easy way to use XML

• XSL and transforming XML

Chapter contents

• 11.1. Practical_PHP_Programming:Introduction to XML
• 11.2. Practical_PHP_Programming:Event-based XML parsing
  • 11.2.1. Practical_PHP_Programming:Creating a parser
  • 11.2.2. Practical_PHP_Programming:Getting to know the XML callback functions
  • 11.2.3. Practical_PHP_Programming:Implementing XML callback functions
  • 11.2.4. Practical_PHP_Programming:Event-based XML parsing, at last!
  • 11.2.5. Practical_PHP_Programming:Finishing off with event-based XML parsing
• 11.3. Practical_PHP_Programming:Introduction to SimpleXML
  • 11.3.1. Practical_PHP_Programming:First steps with SimpleXML
  • 11.3.2. Practical_PHP_Programming:Reading a string into SimpleXML
  • 11.3.3. Practical_PHP_Programming:Searching and filtering with XPath
  • 11.3.4. Practical_PHP_Programming:Outputting SimpleXML objects as XML
• 11.4. Practical_PHP_Programming:Transforming XML with XSLT
  • 11.4.1. Practical_PHP_Programming:Using PHP with XML and XSLT
  • 11.4.2. Practical_PHP_Programming:Handling XSLT-processed output
  • 11.4.3. Practical_PHP_Programming:Making XSL work for its money
  • 11.4.4. Practical_PHP_Programming:What else can XSL do?

Practical_PHP_Programming:Introduction to XML