PHP-XML

[Anon]

I was just was asked to try and do this. I need to adapt an HTML form which when submitted will write to an existing XML file, essentially appending new information to the end of the file, in the proper XML format..😉

I'm working on Win98se, using the latest release of PHP4, 4.0.6., using the BadBlue webserver written in PHP. I have Apache if that's better for developing this job, or perhaps MS-PWS since I'm on Windows.

I encountered a problem when I uncommented php_domxml.dll to test, the processes(?) never closed, so I had to shut down PHP umpteen times to shut down Windows. I'm thinking that since I have the Win32 binary that I may not need to uncommet that extension.

The form is already written, I just need to get the form information into the XML file. HELP!!! Websites, tutorials, books?

I'm just starting this task and would appreciate any suggestions.

Pete

[webnick]

why not just have your form data writen to a flat text file then included? maybe writing a <HR> at the line feeds by eregi your fopen?

then you might be able to give folks the option to edit content later. eg, it's a plain text, text file:

the php.net manual has a piece (@ str_replace?) on writing the funny stuff in forms as ascii text. you could also set up something to replace \t with </TD><TD> when pulled into your dynamic webpage. in other words, write the XML around the include.

if that stuff seems dopey, i would be really interested in finding a script that opened path_translated for editing, offering a <textarea> at each <P>.

that would be tops. just think, you could let clients edit their pages and not goof up formatting.
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good luck bro!
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[Anon]

Writing to the plain text file seems to be the way to go for now, at least it "should" work for my purposes.