On Apr 3, 2011, at 3:31 PM, mrfroasty wrote: > On 04/03/2011 08:41 PM, Jason Pruim wrote: >> >> So the subject says it all... And yes I know this isn't related to PHP but it's the weekend and I trust the opinions on this list more then any other list I have seen. I've been doing alot of reading on XML and honestly it looks pretty cool... BUT the question is... Is it truly useful or is it just another layer that we have to write? >> >> From what I can tell it looks like it could stabilize some of my programming in regards to databases, and possibly if I have to move information from one application to another. >> >> But is it worth the added coding or should I just interact with the pieces directly? >> >> Thoughts? Questions? Flames? :) >> >> >> > Not sure about specific situations, but if I have to write my own application to application data transfer i wouldnt add such a complexity.I would just create my own data like objects/arrays serialized and send them over via http post or any easy means.And i will be done in few minutes, problem solved!. > > I have once created orders in xml for myself and send over via ftp to another application.But this was just due to a fact that I had the scripts in place to do the job.It looks much matured though, than if I had transfer the orders in text format. > > But as I said, this depends on particular situations and problem on the table.All cases where I worked with xml, were me receiving data from client either via soap,xml files etc.Here I have no choice I have to work with xml ofcourse. > > P:S > **How could you stabilize your scripts by adding xml ? > I was thinking along the lines of using it as a intermediary.. Basically make a system that would take my raw data, throw it into XML, and then out to the web, database, or something else I haven't thought of.. If I was going into database I could create an abstraction layer using XML and format all the data before inserting it into specific fields... Now that I typed it I'm not sure it would work like I want it to.... But that was my thinking at the time. Although I could write a system that would generate the XML from content in a database and then parse it as an rss feed, and insert it into a calendar system... (If that was needed) Right now the question is purely academic so I'm coming up with this stuff as I'm typing hehe :)
