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When my exams have finished, I am hoping to redesign my site (http://www.knight-sites.co.uk). It looks OK at the moment, but I think I can do better still. My aim is to incorporate XML into the already PHP driven site.
Basically I just want to know 2 things:
1) Is XML supported fully both by Freeola servers and the version of PHP they are running (later versions of PHP can parse XML - is Freeola's version of PHP late enough?)?
2) What are your thoughts on the use of XML in web sites? Does it work? Are there any major limitations? etc etc...
Basically I just want to know 2 things:
1) Is XML supported fully both by Freeola servers and the version of PHP they are running (later versions of PHP can parse XML - is Freeola's version of PHP late enough?)?
2) What are your thoughts on the use of XML in web sites? Does it work? Are there any major limitations? etc etc...
Nimco wrote:
> Basically I just want to know 2 things:
>
> 1) Is XML supported fully both by Freeola servers and the version of
> PHP they are running (later versions of PHP can parse XML - is
> Freeola's version of PHP late enough?)?
XML isplatform idependant, it's the parsing that needs to be addressed... The whole idea behind XML is the ability to store it anywhere as in laymans terms, XML is just raw tagged data.
> 2) What are your thoughts on the use of XML in web sites? Does it
> work? Are there any major limitations? etc etc...
For an exapmle of working XML look at oneof my sites:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/
There are no limitations to XML apart form the fact it hasn't been standardised yet and most firms including my own create their own XML schema/DTD. The important factor of XML is xSLT, without it, theres not much you can do with it, even with xHTML. (all xHTML allows you to do is parse XML back and forth through HTML).
As for delivery, there's PHP, ASP and JSP and I think CFML now allows theparseing of XML.
> Basically I just want to know 2 things:
>
> 1) Is XML supported fully both by Freeola servers and the version of
> PHP they are running (later versions of PHP can parse XML - is
> Freeola's version of PHP late enough?)?
XML isplatform idependant, it's the parsing that needs to be addressed... The whole idea behind XML is the ability to store it anywhere as in laymans terms, XML is just raw tagged data.
> 2) What are your thoughts on the use of XML in web sites? Does it
> work? Are there any major limitations? etc etc...
For an exapmle of working XML look at oneof my sites:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/
There are no limitations to XML apart form the fact it hasn't been standardised yet and most firms including my own create their own XML schema/DTD. The important factor of XML is xSLT, without it, theres not much you can do with it, even with xHTML. (all xHTML allows you to do is parse XML back and forth through HTML).
As for delivery, there's PHP, ASP and JSP and I think CFML now allows theparseing of XML.
thank's for the compliment, im 16.
i'm used to programming in XHTML, so i'm used to the strict setup of XML, and i've already learnt it. however, i now need to do the main bit (also the hard bit) which is using XSL and PHP to parse it.
about the pricing structure, my plan is to simplify that down to hourly rates, and offer some things, such as a hit counter, at a fixed price. thanks for your advice tho.
i'm used to programming in XHTML, so i'm used to the strict setup of XML, and i've already learnt it. however, i now need to do the main bit (also the hard bit) which is using XSL and PHP to parse it.
about the pricing structure, my plan is to simplify that down to hourly rates, and offer some things, such as a hit counter, at a fixed price. thanks for your advice tho.
Just took a look at your site, not too bad, one thing I would say though is that your pricing structure seems a bit complicated, like, would one of your customers understand what an "object" is in a PHP script?
How old are you anyway? I only ask because you said you were about to do exams, but you seem pretty mature. (This is a compliment!)
Anyway, as for your question, if you can learn to use XML, then do so, because it is becoming more important. We use it for syndicating our content out to other websites where I work. We generate sport content, (latest news / scores / racing tips, etc) and then we syndicate it by generating an XML file and sending it to whoever pays for the content. When they get the XML file, they can do what they want with it, I assume they put the content into their own database, but some might just reference the XML file in their HTML, I suppose that is possible.
Anyway, experiment with XML, it will probably come in handy in your work life.
How old are you anyway? I only ask because you said you were about to do exams, but you seem pretty mature. (This is a compliment!)
Anyway, as for your question, if you can learn to use XML, then do so, because it is becoming more important. We use it for syndicating our content out to other websites where I work. We generate sport content, (latest news / scores / racing tips, etc) and then we syndicate it by generating an XML file and sending it to whoever pays for the content. When they get the XML file, they can do what they want with it, I assume they put the content into their own database, but some might just reference the XML file in their HTML, I suppose that is possible.
Anyway, experiment with XML, it will probably come in handy in your work life.
When my exams have finished, I am hoping to redesign my site (http://www.knight-sites.co.uk). It looks OK at the moment, but I think I can do better still. My aim is to incorporate XML into the already PHP driven site.
Basically I just want to know 2 things:
1) Is XML supported fully both by Freeola servers and the version of PHP they are running (later versions of PHP can parse XML - is Freeola's version of PHP late enough?)?
2) What are your thoughts on the use of XML in web sites? Does it work? Are there any major limitations? etc etc...
Basically I just want to know 2 things:
1) Is XML supported fully both by Freeola servers and the version of PHP they are running (later versions of PHP can parse XML - is Freeola's version of PHP late enough?)?
2) What are your thoughts on the use of XML in web sites? Does it work? Are there any major limitations? etc etc...