Posted by Treefrog on 03/24/06 23:13

Jon wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm currently in charge of developing an application that will let us build
> XML files on the fly using data from MySQL. I've done a bit of research, and
> found I'll need the domxml extension to do this with PHP libraries.
> Unfortunately, our host doesn't have this installed, so none of the
> functions are recognized by the parser.
>
> My question: Is there another way around this? Without this extension, is it
> going to be possible to use PHP to populate an XML document from MySQL
> (which of course is populated from form data). Any advice on what direction
> to take? Thanks in advance.

What are you trying to do with the XML? I mean, why the need for it.
The reason I ask is there may be a much better way to do things. If
you're trying to shuttle data to other people over the web then it
would be better to use SOAP, in which case nusoap will be perfect for
you.

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