[FX.php List] Anyone using XSLT anymore?

[DC]

Hi Bob,

Did you ever get the caching solution down? Also, did you try a  
redesign of the HTML deployment system with the HTML files stored in  
the filesystem and the FMP database holding the paths? I would think  
an include() php call would be faster than trying to dump HTML files  
out of FMP.

I looked at XSLT when I first went to the web with FMP and it looked  
so kooky that I scrambled for other options. Luckily I found FX.php  
just in time. Thanks, Chris.

I believe that the XSLT engine deals with the raw XML out of FMP WPE.  
In FX.php there is a translation stage where XML is changed from XML  
to PHP arrays. That adds some overhead. But, XSLT has another problem  
that FX does not: the relative numbers of people who can design,  
maintain and fix an XSLT system is very small.

Furthermore, going with XSLT will not help your old client with their  
main problem which is an architectural problem: they want to host and  
serve HTML files from inside an FMP database instead of in the  
filesystem where they belong. In fact, the best system would be to  
host the HTML files in the database AND on the filesystem. That way  
they can use FMP search features to search and then use the  
filesystem paths to serve HTML.

just some random thoughts,
dan

On Sep 20, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Bob Patin wrote:

> I have a client who's been trying to do the impossible in  
> FileMaker, storing HUGE HTML files in a FileMaker table and then  
> trying to get them to display rapidly on the web. We reached a  
> brick wall with speed (there would be about a half-million records  
> in the database), so they moved on to another consultant who has  
> been talking to them about using XSLT.
>
> My question is this: doesn't XSLT use the same WPE that FX.php  
> does? Doesn't the data still have to be translated to XML? Would  
> there be any speed improvement by using XSLT over PHP? And finally,  
> do you guys know of anyone even using XSLT anymore?
>
> Thanks for any opinions,
>
> Bob Patin
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