Big Question!!! Update XML Doc with PHP

[tyrrin]

Hello all, I have a big question I am afraid but I dont even know where to begin looking. First off I am a designer, the only way to call me a Developer is that I am really good with Dreamweaver CS4. lol... here is my question:

I am XML and Flash together to creat dynamic content within my flash site. I was wondering if anyone had a clue how to add new content to an XML file with say a Form. This would make my life unbelievable easier... So if anyone could point me to a tutorial on the subject or help me with one I would be eternally grateful! thanks!

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> I am XML and Flash together to creat dynamic content within my flash
> site. I
> was wondering if anyone had a clue how to add new content to an XML
> file with
> say a Form.

Store the material in a database, and use PHP to generate the XML
file. Instructions on how to generate the XML are here:

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/utils/query2xml.html

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David Powers
Adobe Community Expert, Dreamweaver
http://foundationphp.com

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.oO(tyrrin)

>Hello all, I have a big question I am afraid but I dont even know where to
>begin looking. First off I am a designer, the only way to call me a Developer
>is that I am really good with Dreamweaver CS4. lol... here is my question:
>
> I am XML and Flash together to creat dynamic content within my flash site. I
>was wondering if anyone had a clue how to add new content to an XML file with
>say a Form. This would make my life unbelievable easier... So if anyone could
>point me to a tutorial on the subject or help me with one I would be eternally
>grateful! thanks!

Depends on what you want to do, where the data is coming from etc.
But for modifying XML you can use PHP's DOM or SimpleXML extensions.

Micha

[tyrrin]

Thanks for the reply's! (Michael Fesser) what extensions are you speaking of if you dont mind? Thanks!

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.oO(tyrrin)

>Thanks for the reply's! (Michael Fesser) what extensions are you
>speaking of if you dont mind? Thanks!

The ones I mentioned. Requires some hand-coding, though ...

http://www.php.net/DOM
http://www.php.net/SimpleXML

Micha