- XML Reference Guide
- Overview
- What Is XML?
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- Table of Contents
- The Document Object Model
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- DOM and Java
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Implementations
- DOM and JavaScript
- Using a Repeater
- Repeaters and XML
- Repeater Resources
- DOM and .NET
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Documentation and Downloads
- DOM and C++
- DOM and C++ Resources
- DOM and Perl
- DOM and Perl Resources
- DOM and PHP
- DOM and PHP Resources
- DOM Level 3
- DOM Level 3 Core
- DOM Level 3 Load and Save
- DOM Level 3 XPath
- DOM Level 3 Validation
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Documentation and Implementations
- The Simple API for XML (SAX)
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- SAX and Java
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- SAX and .NET
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- SAX and Perl
- SAX and Perl Resources
- SAX and PHP
- SAX and PHP Resources
- Validation
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- Document Type Definitions (DTDs)
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- XML Schemas
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- RELAX NG
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- Schematron
- Official Documentation and Implementations
- Validation in Applications
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- XSL Transformations (XSLT)
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- XSLT in Java
- Java in XSLT Resources
- XSLT and RSS in .NET
- XSLT and RSS in .NET Resources
- XSL-FO
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- XPath
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- XML Base
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Official Documentation
- XHTML
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- XHTML 2.0
- Documentation
- Cascading Style Sheets
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- XUL
- XUL References
- XML Events
- XML Events Resources
- XML Data Binding
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Specifications
- Implementations
- XML and Databases
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Online Resources
- Official Documentation
- SQL Server and FOR XML
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Documentation and Implementations
- Service Oriented Architecture
- Web Services
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- Creating a Perl Web Service Client
- SOAP::Lite
- Amazon Web Services
- Creating the Movable Type Plug-in
- Perl, Amazon, and Movable Type Resources
- Apache Axis2
- REST
- REST Resources
- SOAP
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- SOAP and Java
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- WSDL
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- UDDI
- UDDI Resources
- XML-RPC
- XML-RPC in PHP
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- Ajax
- Asynchronous Javascript
- Client-side XSLT
- SAJAX and PHP
- Ajax Resources
- JSON
- Ruby on Rails
- Creating Objects
- Ruby Basics: Arrays and Other Sundry Bits
- Ruby Basics: Iterators and Persistence
- Starting on the Rails
- Rails and Databases
- Rails: Ajax and Partials
- Rails Resources
- Web Services Security
- Web Services Security Resources
- SAML
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Specification and Implementation
- XML Digital Signatures
- XML Digital Signatures Resources
- XML Key Management Services
- Resources for XML Key Management Services
- Internationalization
- Resources
- Grid Computing
- Grid Resources
- Web Services Resource Framework
- Web Services Resource Framework Resources
- WS-Addressing
- WS-Addressing Resources
- WS-Notifications
- New Languages: XML in Use
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- Google Web Toolkit
- GWT Basic Interactivity
- Google Sitemaps
- Google Sitemaps Resources
- Accessibility
- Web Accessibility
- XML Accessibility
- Accessibility Resources
- The Semantic Web
- Defining a New Ontology
- OWL: Web Ontology Language
- Semantic Web Resources
- Google Base
- Microformats
- StructuredBlogging
- Live Clipboard
- WML
- XHTML-MP
- WML Resources
- Google Web Services
- Google Web Services API
- Google Web Services Resources
- The Yahoo! Web Services Interface
- Yahoo! Web Services and PHP
- Yahoo! Web Services Resources
- eBay REST API
- WordML
- WordML Part 2: Lists
- WordML Part 3: Tables
- WordML Resources
- DocBook
- Articles
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation and Implementations
- XML Query
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- XForms
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- Resource Description Framework (RDF)
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- Topic Maps
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation, Implementations, and Other Resources
- Rich Site Summary (RSS)
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE)
- Atom
- Podcasting
- Podcasting Resources
- Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
- Informit Articles and Sample Chapters
- Books and e-Books
- Official Documentation
- OPML
- OPML Resources
- Summary
- Projects
- JavaScript TimeTracker: JSON and PHP
- The Javascript Timetracker
- Refactoring to Javascript Objects
- Creating the Yahoo! Widget
- Web Mashup
- Google Maps
- Indeed Mashup
- Mashup Part 3: Putting It All Together
- Additional Resources
- Frequently Asked Questions About XML
- What's XML, and why should I use it?
- What's a well-formed document?
- What's the difference between XML and HTML?
- What's the difference between HTML and XHTML?
- Can I use XML in a browser?
- Should I use elements or attributes for my document?
- What's a namespace?
- Where can I get an XML parser?
- What's the difference between a well-formed document and a valid document?
- What's a validating parser?
- Should I use DOM or SAX for my application?
- How can I stop a SAX parser before it has parsed the entire document?
- 2005 Predictions
- 2006 Predictions
- Nick's Book Picks
InformIT Articles and Sample Chapters
If you're not familiar with PHP itself, "PHP Basics: Writing Simple PHP Applications" by Ewald Geschwinde and Hans-Juergen Schoenig, a sample chapter from PHP and PostgreSQL Advanced Web Programming (Sams, 2002, ISBN 0672323826) gives you all of the necessary ingredients, including creation and manipulation of variables and objects.
"PHP and the Document Object Model (DOM)" by Vikram Vaswani, a sample chapter from XML and PHP (Sams, 2002, ISBN 0735712271), explains how to use the DOM functionality that is part of PHP. It concentrates on the version of DOM released with PHP 4.1.1.
"Dynamically Generating XML from a Database" and "Formatting Dynamically Generated XML with SAX" by Vikram Vaswani, provide practical examples of using the Document Object Model to retrieve and manipulate XML data.
Books
PHP Programming for Windows by Andrew Stopford (New Riders Publishing, 2002, ISBN 0-7357-1169-0) explains the process of programming in PHP, and includes an overall look at XML processing as well as a look at using PHP with web services. (Preview this book on Safari)
PHP and PostgreSQL: Advanced Web Programming by Ewald Geschwinde and Hans-Jürgen Schönig (New Riders Publishing, 2002, ISBN 0-7357-1169-0) includes a basic explanation of using PHP as well as a chapter on using XML. (Preview this book on Safari)
Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours, Third Edition by Matt Zandstra (Sams Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0-672-32619-1) includes a comparison of PHP's DOM functions with other XML operations, such as SAX ansd XSLT. (Preview this book on Safari)
XML and PHP by Vikram Vaswani (New Riders Publishing, 2002, ISBN 0-73571-227-1) includes an extensive look at using PHP's DOM functions along with other aspects of PHP/XML development such as XSLT and web services. (Preview this book on Safari)
Documentation and Implementation
PHP is an open source project you can download
for free, and the
online manual
includes information on how to manipulate the Document Object Model
using PHP's experimental support. You can download the
DomDocument extension module (php_domxml.dll
) or you can download the DOMIT! module used in this
guide example.