xml benefits

[hame22]

Hi I have a page containing xml data that is generated in a php page through mysql database. I have then performed an xsl transformation using an xsl stylesheet and a php script to print html.

what i want to know is, is there any benefit of spitting xml out then transforming it in this way as opposed to generating a styled php page straight away (cutting out the xml step) from the data in mysql database?

thanks in advance

alex

 

[SiJP]

If all people are going to do is look at it, the only benefit you will get is the one whereby you could turn around and say: "Hey, Ive done this really cool thing before with xml, stylesheets and php..."



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[Wiszh]

Or if you later decide to make more than one output format.

 

[JontyMC]

XML's main advantage is system interoperability. If you decided to make your data available to other parties its a good idea to have it in XML format.

Also, having a middle tier means you could change the back-end without changing all your code.

Jon

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