Posted by Jon on 03/24/06 23:34

"Treefrog" <info@designstein.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> 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.
>

Well, we've created an RSS feed page that parses an XML document with
company information for our customers. The php page with the feed also has a
link to a pcast file so they can push it into iTunes as a podcast. We've
also set it up so they can copy/paste the XML link into whatever aggregator
they prefer to use. So basically, it's a 3-tier deal for us so we can get
information out to our customers in a variety of ways.

My boss now wants us to develop a way so that our customers can create their
own feeds and upload files so that other people can see their feed. So
basically, I'm going to need the XML document that we're using now to be
dynamically populated based on data sent from an HTML/PHP form. I've read
about nuSoap a bit, but am really confused by it. I know we do need the XML
document for aggregators to read it, but don't know much else about this
technology. Unfortunately, it's new to the industry, and it's REALLY new to
us - and there's only myself and one other developer, so our resources and
time are limited. Is there a better method to this madness than what we're
using now?

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