XML-based Template Engines

[Berislav Lopac]

Does anyone know of a PHP template engine that uses XML-compliant syntax? I
mean something along the line of having <template:varia ble name="myVar" />
instead of the usual {myVar}.

Berislav

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[Tony Marston]

Re: XML-based Template Engines

The only XML templating engine I know of is XSL where an XSL stylesheet is
used to transform XML into HTML. This is the technique that I use, as
documented in various articles on
http://www.tonymarston.co.uk/xml-xsl/index.html and

http://www.tonymarston.co.uk/php-mysql/index.html

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Tony Marston

http://www.tonymarston.net

"Berislav Lopac" <berislav.lopac @dimedia.hr> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know of a PHP template engine that uses XML-compliant syntax?[/color]
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> mean something along the line of having <template:varia ble name="myVar" />
> instead of the usual {myVar}.
>
> Berislav
>
> --
> If the Internet is a Marx Brothers movie, and Web, e-mail, and IRC are
> Groucho, Chico, and Harpo, then Usenet is Zeppo.
>
>[/color]

[Claus Bergen]

Re: XML-based Template Engines

Berislav Lopac wrote:
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> Does anyone know of a PHP template engine that uses XML-compliant syntax?
> I mean something along the line of having <template:varia ble name="myVar"
> /> instead of the usual {myVar}.[/color]

You may take a look at patTemplate, http://phptools.de
I don't know whether it provides strict xml syntax, but worth a look.

Claus

[AF]

Re: XML-based Template Engines

On Tue, 11 May 2004 11:58:45 +0200, "Berislav Lopac"
<berislav.lopac @dimedia.hr> wrote:
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>Does anyone know of a PHP template engine that uses XML-compliant syntax? I
>mean something along the line of having <template:varia ble name="myVar" />
>instead of the usual {myVar}.
>
>Berislav[/color]

Can I ask, "What is the advantage of doing this?"

Thanks for any thoughts.
Cheers to everyone,

Al

http://www.discountdrivingschool.com

[Berislav Lopac]

Re: XML-based Template Engines

Tony Marston wrote:[color=blue]
> The only XML templating engine I know of is XSL where an XSL
> stylesheet is used to transform XML into HTML. This is the technique
> that I use, as documented in various articles on
> http://www.tonymarston.co.uk/xml-xsl/index.html and
> http://www.tonymarston.co.uk/php-mysql/index.html[/color]

This is certainly a good approach, and I was thinking of implementing it
myself (especially since I am quite versed with XSLT), but haven't yet had
time and a convenient starting point.

I have just recently discovered your site and it seems like an interesting
resource (except for the design; sorry :) ); I have been planning to look
through your articles in near future.

My main problem with XSLT in PHP was a confusing support (changing function
names, uncertain Sablotron support with providers etc); PHP5 seems to fix
all that, but no one knows when will my provider(s) switch to using it.

Berislav

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If the Internet is a Marx Brothers movie, and Web, e-mail, and IRC are
Groucho, Chico, and Harpo, then Usenet is Zeppo.