XML Environment

[marilyn]

Hi

I would like to learn XML with a view to using it alongside XSLT to create HTML pages where the data is separate from the presentation, and also to make use of web services. I will need to be able to parse the XML and have some sort of XSLT engine on my server.

Can anyone tell me what I will need to have installed on my server to get started with all this. I am confused about the software the server has to be running for me to have the correct environment to make use of XML.

The server is running Apache, with PHP 4.3.2. I did a phpinfo() call and the following came up.

DOM/XML enabled
DOM/XML API Version 20020815
libxml Version 20510
HTML Support enabled
XPath Support enabled
XPointer Support enabled
XML Support active
XML Namespace Support active
EXPAT Version expat_1.95.5

Do I need anything else?

Thanks
Marilyn

[Stu_Rogers]

It looks like XML support is enabled in your PHP install so you should be fine. Remember that modern browsers also have XML support built-in too. The best way is jump in, publish some test scripts and report back if your experience any specific problems.

[marilyn]

Oh thanks - I wondered if there was special software you had to have ... I'll give it a whirl.