PHP and XML Options

[Shawn]

about php and role of xml in php

xml allows you to create your own tags to describe the data better by using a dtd that describes the structure and content of the document to perform validations more easily. what is php? it is a widely used scripting language that is especially designed for web development and can also be embedded into html.it gives more emphasis to server side scripting. therefore, data can be collected, dynamic page content can be generated, and cookies can be sent and received.

php can be used on all operating systems such as windows, unix, linux etc., it can also support almost a number of web servers. few of them are netscape and iplanet servers - caudium, xiatami etc., php is platform independent and allows you to work on any os and a web server.using, php.you can generate unlimited html output, flash movies etc., you can also output any kind of text, such as xhtml and any other xml file. php can auto generate these files and save them in your file system, instead of printing it.

one of the most important advantages of php is the support for the databases. the following are the few databases that are supported:

list of databases that are supported by php

adabas d - frontbase - solid
dbase - msql - sybase
empress - direct - ms-sql - velocis
filepro (read-only) - mysql - unixdbm
hyperwave - odbc - ingres
ibm db2 - oracle - interbase
informix - ovrimos -postgresql

[jckkeith]

I have xml file , i want to transform its format to OEBPS format by PHP, is it possible to transform xml conversion to other xml format ?