Xml Processing With Perl, Python, and Php

by Brown, Martin C.

• ISBN13: 9780782140217
• ISBN10: 0782140211
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

XML is an elegant solution to the problem of data portability. Like all breakthroughs, however, it gives rise to new challenges. With XML, you can store and structure data for seamless, cross-platform exchange-which is especially crucial in today2s e-commerce environments. But XML does no processing itself. To leverage XML data, you need to use a programming language. XML Programming with Perl, Python, and PHP teaches you to reap the special advantage of processing your XML with these and four other scripting languages, which-as you2ll see-trump C, C++, and Java in a variety of ways. Along this path lie shorter development times and lower costs. At its end lie performance benefits such as superior text processing, memory management, and data modeling capabilities, as well as strategic benefits such as greater longevity and broader compatibility. Choose the language that makes the most sense for you and move ahead. With this book2s help you2ll master the execution of remote procedures, the internal modeling of XML data, the exporting of internal data into XML, and the conversion of XML to formats as varied as SQL, HTML, and proprietary configuration schemes. Application-specific examples keep you focused on the real world; at the same time, the scripting techniques you2ll learn all rise above specific applications. Like XML data, they2re flexible, and they2ll serve you well in whatever context you2re working.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xxi
Part I Applying XML	1	(60)
Introduction to XML	3	(8)
Fundamentals of XML	11	(12)
Data Type Definitions (DTDs)	23	(12)
Applying XML with Scripting Languages	35	(12)
Data Exchange and XML	47	(14)
Part II XML and Perl	61	(106)
XML Solutions in Perl	63	(24)
Perl and Unicode	87	(10)
Generating and Parsing XML Documents with Perl	97	(22)
Converting XML Documents Using Perl	119	(28)
Applying SOAP/XML-RPC in Perl	147	(20)
Part III XML and Python	167	(96)
XML Solutions in Python	169	(18)
Python and Unicode	187	(10)
Generating and Parsing XML Documents with Python	197	(12)
Converting XML Documents Using Python	209	(16)
Applying SOAP/XML-RPC in Python	225	(18)
Zope and XML Documents	243	(20)
Part IV XML and PHP	263	(56)
XML and PHP	265	(22)
Developing XML Applications with PHP	287	(18)
PHP and XML-RPC	305	(14)
Part V XML and Other Languages	319	(84)
XML and REBOL	321	(8)
XML and Ruby	329	(12)
XML and Tcl	341	(18)
AppleScript and XML	359	(44)
Appendices
Appendix A Unicode Quick Reference	377	(16)
Appendix B Resource Guide	393	(10)
Index	403