Creating a dynamic Google sitemap using the PHP5 SimpleXML extension
26757Creating a dynamic Google sitemap using the PHP5 SimpleXML extensionhttp://www.phpfive.net/article34.htmThis tutorial demonstates the PHP5 SimpleXML extension by using it to update a Google sitemap dynamically. It assumes that you have a basic understanding of PHP and are familiar with XML.PHP > Tips and Tutorials > XML and PHPOct 16, 2006Gregory Boshoff
Last week, we presented a simple framework (named XMLCast) for distributing content to a variety of devices using XML. This application was built using Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) technology but we realize that many of you aren't using ASP (we aren't either). This article will present the concept of XML parsing using the PHP scripting language. In the coming weeks, we will follow this example up with an expansion of XMLCast using other tools such as XSLT and Cocoon.
Really Simple Syndication or RSS is a XML based file used to broadcasting website content such as latest news, blog post and other kind of website updates. RSS feeds can be download and read by RSS reader application. There are many RSS reader around but the most popular is NewzCrawler, FeedDemon, and Feedreader.
There are many xml tutorials for php on the web, but few show how to parse xml using DOM. I would like to take this opportunity to show there is an alternative to the widespread SAX implementation for php programmers.
FeedLines is an easy-to-use PHP script that allows you to run a headline aggregator website like this one. It requires no database, no installation, and works with virtually any type of RSS or ATOM feed.
Learn how to get your MySQL database description / layout in an XML format. If you are an absolute beginner in XML than it can be useful to read first an XML introduction tutorial.
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