XML and Site Login

[iMind]

Good evening,

I'm relatively new to XML and using it for website design, I'm looking to almost exclusively design a website using XML and XSL (along with all other related components). I know with php it uses the session logged in to determine if a user has access to relative areas designed by the creator. Can XML do this? and how does it go about it? I'm looking for a relatively secure way to authenticate a user and direct him to a variety of sections and content. Thank you for your help.

[Dormilich]

xml was made to exchange data between applications/systems i.e. you can build your website from xml data. for login purposes you should rely on a server side script language. though you may use xml to store user data (name, password, allowed area,...).

regards

[iMind]

So really....


The most complete and secure way would be to use a php based page checking for session data and logged in status then output the elements into xml format..That sucks, I was hoping for a more complete solution with xml/xsl.

[Dormilich]

Well, there are always some things that a special language can't do....