Hi Everyone, Thanks to community for previous answers
I want to know more regarding XML+XSLT technology to seperate presentation layer from the business logic. First let me explain on which tools i am currently working on. I am basically using PHP, MySQL and Apache on Sun Solaris environment. Using these tools i am developing mid to large web based applications. Currently i am not using any kind of template engine to seperate my presentation layer from business logic. Now i am looking for the recommendation from PHP community about template engine system. Along with that i am also reading XML+XSLT as well as Smarty resources from the web. During reading of XML+XSLT and Smarty, i have following two questions. 1. Currently i am retrieving information from the MySQL database and iterating result set using PHP code. Now with the use of XML+XSLT i have to retrieve information first as an XML document and then XSLT renders the XML document using PHP. Am i right? If i am correct then i am concern for resources which are going to use on Server side. (For example: Using XML+XSLT i have to create XML document and that could be extra step) In smarty actually you don't need to create secondary storage. So is it worth to use XML+XSLT in medium to big web application with considerable trafic? 2. Smarty has compiled once technology means all the templates and php files are compiled only one time unless if template or php file changes. While in XML+XSLT, everytime server needs to process certain actions (Database to XML and XSLT parsing) So again is it worth to use XML+XSLT if you are concern for speed? Actually i dont know much about Advantages of XML+XSLT in web based application. What i know is Smarty's advantages. So if you have any idea then please let me know. I am more and more concern for perfect selection of template engine. It would be nice if anyone can share XML+XSLT development with me. Regards, Hardik Doshi __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
