> You want the receiving page to be php that makes an xml page that is
> then pushed to be a processing page back to the user?
> I think some more detail might be needed...

No, sorry if I wasn't clear.  The processing page is a PHP script on the back 
end as well.  The XML data being pushed to it would include specification as
to what action(s) the processing page would take.  A crude example would be
something like the following.

User clicks on a link for "Current News".  The URL for which is:
www.domain.com/controller.php?request=CurrentNews

controller.php would then push the following XML to process_news.php

(yes, I know it's not well formed.  just trying to show a quick example)
<newsitem>
  <action>display</action>
  <range_start>-7 days</range_start>
  <range_end>0 days</range_end>
  <topic>Current</topic>
</newsitem>

process_news.php would take that information, process it and spit out the
relevant data to the user.

Another possibility would be when an administrator wants to add a new News
item.  The form script would push something like the following to 
process_news.php:

<newsitem>
  <action>insert</action>
  <headline>Extra!</headline>
  <newsbody>NewsBody</newsbody>
  <publishdate>Today</publishdate>
</newsitem>

and it would take that information, process it and add the new record to the
DB.

That's basically what I'm trying to do.

Chris


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