[FX.php List] Anyone using XSLT anymore?

[Chris Hansen]

Bob,

Yes, you're exactly right.  In fact, the 'X' in FX.php stands for  
XML.  The bottleneck your client is up against is much more likely to  
be the WPE rather than PHP.  PHP is wicked fast =)  The MySQL caching  
class (support for which is built into FX.php) would help  
performance, but I don't know that what they're trying to do is  
really what FileMaker had in mind for the WPE...  For a speed test,  
try this: perform the same query that you're attempting via FX.php  
directly in FileMaker; how long does it take?

Also, what configuration is your client using on the FM side (1, 2,  
or 3 machine configuration)?

Best,

--Chris Hansen
   FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
   Creator of FX.php
   "The best way from FileMaker to the Web."
   www.iViking.org


On Sep 20, 2006, at 8:25 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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