Re: Seeking methods using XSLT from PHP?

Hi Gary:

	A while ago (probably over a year) I tested PHP and XSLT using
Sablotron.  At the time Sablotron was a little immature but I think is
better now.  I was a bit difficult to get working because you cannot use
the RPM version of PHP.  If my memory serves me well, I had to recompile
the source in order to include libxml and Sablotron libraries.

	However, if I can make a suggestion, I would recommend Cocoon from
Apache (http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/).  I think Cocoon is a more scalable
solution. It uses Xerces and Xalan for parsing XML and XSLT. I understand
that you can plug in your own parser if necessary. 
 
I have recently been hooked on Cocoon.  I have used it to pull RSS files
from various technical newsites
(http://www.eccnet.com:8080/cocoon/linuxtoday).

Hope this helps.

Betty


On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Gary Cornelius wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I really like to very much like to know if anyone is working successfully
> with XSLT and PHP in some way and if so how they think to best approach the
> problems?
> 
> I am actually attempting to switching over to PHP linux from Jscript
> MicrosoftMSXML - Initiallly I have been having a lot problems with Sablotron
> due to a large amount of inheretance in the stylesheets, id functions and
> several other bits and pieces!
> 
> Things going through my mind!! I am wondering if libxml or something else
> would lessen these problems!  Or, whether there is a way I can use a Java
> processor like Xalan or something else from the PHP... can anyone be so kind
> as to enlighten me on this?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any pointers or suggestions
> 
> Gary
> 
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