XML vs JSON

[Purple]

Hi all,

I am interested in the forums collective thoughts on XML vs JSON..

When to use one over the other ?

Relative benefits of both, weaknesses of both..

Thanks in advance

Regards Purple

[jkmyoung]

XML:
more widely used.
more support.
too verbose.
good for imbricated data (documents)
slow parser speed in browsers

JSON:
older.
less used.
more efficient parsers on average.
not good for nested/imbricated data.

Haven't used jsON myself so can't say much more.

[pbmods]

The thing I like the most about JSON is that it (for the most part) 'just works'. You can use json_encode() on the PHP side, and JavaScript can simply eval() the result.

Or in reverse, you have {object}.toSour ce() and json_decode().

Of course, you could write your own serialize() function in JavaScript (anybody want me to post mine?)...