Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-05 Thread Terence
Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 08:18, Terence wrote: Bloody hell Rob, you've started me on another rant when I could be in bed ;) *grin* glad to help out. XSLT is a pain in the butt if you want to master it - particularly if you're going from imperative programming to

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-05 Thread Terence
Rush wrote: Terence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] warning: very personal opinion to follow... If you *do* finally decide to master XSLT, you have to conclude that *any* other templating system is a complete/utter waste of time. (all authors of ``yet another PHP

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-05 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 09:52, Terence wrote: PS. Stop teasing us and give us the link to your open-source solution. I may be able to poach some ideas for my open-source solution :) Look no further than the signature. I thought it was bulky enough, but I guess I'll need to make it bigger

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-04 Thread Terence
Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 11:30, Raditha Dissanayake wrote: Hi, Please give it a shot, it's real easy. far easier than any of the lame php template systems i have seen. The beauty is that the same XML/XSL combo can be used with PHP, perl, JSP/Servlets, C++, VC++,VB,C,C# and

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-04 Thread Raditha Dissanayake
Hi Terrence The only thing that disagree with in your whole post is 'XSLT is a pain in the butt' far from it. I aint no master either but i really like it. XSLT is a pain in the butt if you want to master it - particularly if you're going from imperative programming to declarative (maybe XPath

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-04 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 08:18, Terence wrote: Bloody hell Rob, you've started me on another rant when I could be in bed ;) *grin* glad to help out. XSLT is a pain in the butt if you want to master it - particularly if you're going from imperative programming to declarative (maybe XPath is

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-04 Thread rush
Terence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] warning: very personal opinion to follow... If you *do* finally decide to master XSLT, you have to conclude that *any* other templating system is a complete/utter waste of time. (all authors of ``yet another PHP templating

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-03 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 07:21, Terence wrote: The publication of the project itself was partially motivated by the discussions that took place in this thread (A Complete List of PHP Template Engines?) which basically sees me arguing for the usage of standards (XSLT) rather than having to

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-03 Thread Raditha Dissanayake
Hi Terence, I am equally puzzled as to why people are using all sorts of crappy proprietory template systems instead of XSLT. It's particularly useful when dealing with WAP. I suspect the reason could well be the inconsistencies in compiling php with XSLT support. compiling the Sablatron

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-03 Thread Raditha Dissanayake
Hi, Please give it a shot, it's real easy. far easier than any of the lame php template systems i have seen. The beauty is that the same XML/XSL combo can be used with PHP, perl, JSP/Servlets, C++, VC++,VB,C,C# and the list goes on and on. Disclaimer: I have never written a single line of VB

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-03 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 11:30, Raditha Dissanayake wrote: Hi, Please give it a shot, it's real easy. far easier than any of the lame php template systems i have seen. The beauty is that the same XML/XSL combo can be used with PHP, perl, JSP/Servlets, C++, VC++,VB,C,C# and the list goes on

Re: [PHP] NEW: XML Application Objects

2003-10-03 Thread Raditha Dissanayake
The ones I tried were lame. Haven't studied your engine yet so i have yet to decide whether it's lame or not ;-) best regards Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 11:30, Raditha Dissanayake wrote: Hi, Please give it a shot, it's real easy. far easier than any of the lame php