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Much Ado About XML (SAX Parsing)

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This week a whole lot of nothing about XML. Short and sweet, but truly useful.

  1. Based on a couple of articles on PHPBuilder: Using expat functions and Dynamic XML conversion using the SAX parser and a stack, I found the answer to my search for a SAX parser. Expat is integrated into PHP. And who says CF can do anything PHP can…
  2. For complete reference the php xml manual reference
  3. Parsing XML with PHP gives a detailed explanation of a PHP script that parses an XML document and returns the number of characters and elements found in the document.
  4. This link and the previous one I found in the PHP help file in the comments part of the XML function reference section. This article goes through parsing a live RSS feed and outputting HTML.
  5. PHP XML Parsing Basics – A Tutorial is another neat example of using PHP to parse XML this time pulling live stock quotes in.
  6. W3Schools as ever carries an excellent series introducing you to the many acronyms relating to the world of XML, XSL and XSLT