Re: [Exist-open] eXist, PHP5 and XSLT issues

[Gobi M. <go...@ya...>]

--- Michael Beddow <mbe...@mb...> wrote:

> Gobi Manchurian wrote:
> >
> > I used to use the eXist, PHP and XSLT combination
> with
> > PHP4 and exist 0.9. I used to retrieve queries
> from my
> > xml documents, put the result through xslt and
> then
> > display it on a web page. With upgrades on all
> fronts
> > the PHP script stopped working.
> 
> I'm sure you could get it all to work as before. But
> I would question
> whether that was worth doing. Since 0.9 eXist has
> gained a much more
> powerful and reliable REST interface plus XQuery
> extensions that allow
> results to be passed through XSLT transforms (more
> than one of them and at
> more than stage in the processing chain if you need
> to) from within XQuery.
> Not to mention that XQuery can itself write XML or
> XHTML output using its
> own node construction facilities, making some uses
> of XSLT redundant anyway.
> 
> > I have looked at query-exist as well as PHP5:
> > XML_DB_eXist.
> 
> Both of these have satisfied users, but they are not
> supported by the eXist
> developers, hence there is no guarantee that they
> will continue to work as
> eXist evolves, and you may not be able to get much
> help with them here.
> 
> The advantage of using REST and eXist's internal
> XSLT extensions is that you
> have an interface that is going to continue working
> with any client software
> that implements an http transport, and can rely on
> internal access to a
> stable and standard XSLT implementation without
> having to invoke XSLT from
> your wrapper code. So I would suggest you consider
> taking that route back to
> eXist rather than trying to adapt your old approach
> to the newer packages.
> 
> Michael Beddow

Thanks for your valuable response Michael. Based on
the past experience, I had the same hesitation
regarding a PHP implementation. But I am not too
familiar with REST and XQuery. I am taking a look at
it. Any other suggestion or pointer is highly welcome.

Thanks.

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com