Re: [PHP-DEV] XSLT extension From: Andi Gutmans (andi <email protected>)
Date: 09/07/00

Well if that is so it sounds as if having two extensions is the right way
to go then.
I just wanted to make sure as I don't have any experience with XSL Translators.

Andi

At 06:56 PM 9/7/00 +0200, Stefan Livieratos wrote:
>Hi Andi,
>
>those XSLT extensions are mostly wrappers for the corresponding
>C++ libraries, as I understand it, so I can't see how one could
>merge them into one super extension. You could of course try and
>build an abstraction layer but I don't think this is feasible.
>
>So, if we were to make a decision which library/implementation to
>use for PHP right now, I would say it is too early to decide. Sablotron
>for example isn't 100% conformant to the XSLT spec and I am not
>sure how stable Xalan-C++ is.
>
>Regards,
>Stefan
>
>Andi Gutmans wrote:
> >
> > As I said I'm not an XSLT expert and if there is a good reason to have two
> > (each one is strong in its own area like databases differ) than it
> makes sense.
> > However, in general our goal is to unify things and make it easier for
> > people to share and exchange code. Also by making the group effort
> > concentrate on one extension instead of on two usually means that the final
> > result will be better.
> > I think that having one super XSLT extension is better than having two
> > mediocre ones. Let's try and aim for this goal. If there are good and valid
> > reasons not to do this, then we should go for two.
> >
> > Andi
> >
> > At 06:18 PM 9/7/00 +0200, Stefan Livieratos wrote:
> >
> > >Hi Andi,
> > >
> > >what would be so bad about having more than one XSLT extension?
> > >Let the users decide which one they want to use just like with
> > >the PDF (PDFlin and CPDF) extensions.
> > >
> > >Regards
> > >Stefan
> > >
> > >Andi Gutmans wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It would be very interesting to hear from the XSLT experts how the
> > > > Sablatron module vs. the Xalan module compare. I think it would be
> best for
> > > > PHP to have one standard XSLT extension.
> > > > Can we work on a way of deciding which one we should be using or
> merging
> > > > both code bases into one extension?
> > > > Let's hear the experts :)
> > > >
> > > > Andi
> > > >
> > > > At 03:16 PM 9/7/00 +0800, Martin Kong wrote:
> > > > >We have developed a XSLT extension (based on Apache Xalan) and we
> would
> > > > >like to add it to the PHP extension family. How do we go about doing
> > > > >this? Is it documented anyway?
> > > > >
> > > > >As a starter, it's quite simple, it performs some simple XSLT
> > > > >operation. We are also planning to add SAX and DOM parsing
> support. I
> > > > >also like to get some input from the PHP community as to what
> functions
> > > > >you think would be useful to have.
> > > > >
> > > > >Thanks and Regards,
> > > > >
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