PEAR XML_Serializer

toshog

hi all....

i have a question about the PEAR's XML_Serializer and XML_Unserializer.
http://pear.php.net/package/XML_Serializer/download/

just wondering if somebody has used it and how does it compare the the xml_load_xxx functions in php5. is it faster or slower? there is an option in the XML_Deserializer to specify tags that should not be parsed producing an array with only the desired information.
the processing/parsing speed here is what i'm really interested in...

any information of how these PEAR classes' functions compare to the php 5 xml functions will be appreciated....

thanks....

Weedpacket

The PEAR::XML_Serializer class is for converting PHP types (strings, floats, arrays, objects, etc.) to and from an XML-formatted string, as an alternative to the native serialize/unserialize functions.

So "how does it compare"? It doesn't. They're different things for different purposes.

toshog

"how does it compare"? It doesn't.

well... isn't it that the XML_Unserializer parses an xml string into an array much like simplexml_load_string() will do into an object in php5?!

thanks...

Weedpacket

No, not really.

toshog

No, not really.

thanks... what's the long version?
not that i want to be a pain in the ass but i'm just trying to figure out if parsing an xml file would be faster with the XML_Unserializer or with simplexml_load_file(). it's important for what i'm trying to do....

thanks...