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Event driven etc

To parse an XML file takes only a few lines of PHP, and similarily
to perform SQL operations, only a few lines of code are needed.
The way these link to associative arrays is wonderfully powerful.
I'm writing a system for producing FDA validation certificates at
the moment: I defined the table structure (and behaviour eg
table lookup) in XML files, and these are used in form creation,
search and (for install) table creation. To add a field, you only
have to edit the one XML file.
My entire system is nearly complete (including all searching,
user access etc etc) and it's only 1600 lines. (150 lines of XML).
I can probably refactor some of that out, and make it smaller.
The speed of putting the app together is also amazing.
I particularily like the way PHP transparently serialises an array
and puts it into an element of another array. Very very powerful.

I was going to export an XML file, and use XSLT:FO to create a
certificate PDF, but instead, I'm transforming the data from
associative arrays directly to pdf using the excellent PDF-PHP
class. This is so easy to use, it's amazing. (and much faster and
more intuitive).

And very fast. The system transforms (or creates PDF files for) 4
documents, and inserts them into SQL LARGEBLOBs with no
noticable time delay between pressing the Submit button, and
getting the "submitted OK" message.

I really doubt I'd get anything like the same performance from a
JSP server.

It is perfectly possible to have a server side object implemented
in whatever you want talking via say a SQL table to your web
front end (you could even be running a java server).
PHP can be compiled BTW, it isn't "depent(dence) on scripting
versus compiled objects"

Posted by: hipparchus2000   Posted on: 06/14/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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