Creating transformed XML using XSLT

[dark_ixion]

Hi,

 

I need to create newly transformed XML given input XML and XSLT.  The problem is, all the examples I've seen require that inputs and outputs point to files, like the function xslt_process.  The reason I don't want a file for input or output is that I will already have my XML in a string and just want to return a transformed XML doc to the user without the overhead of outputting the XML to a file, then tranforming it, loading the file and returning it to the user.

 

So basically, I need something like this to work...

 

$xml = '<myxml myattrib="monkey"><test>a test</test></myxml>';
$xslt = "can be a document or a string, I don't mind";
$outputxml = xmlTransform($xml, $xslt);

// $outputxml is now a string which contains a transformed xml document

 

Does anyone know how I could do this?

[rhodesa]

Example 3 on the PHP Doc shows how: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.xslt-process.php

[dark_ixion]

Example 3 on the PHP Doc shows how: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.xslt-process.php

 

Unfortunately I am using PHP 5, so I can't use that library.

[rhodesa]

It's part of PHP5, just not enabled by default:

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/xslt.installation.php

[dark_ixion]

It's part of PHP5, just not enabled by default:

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/xslt.installation.php

 

Oh, I see.

 

Unfortunately it looks like it's not enabled on my copy, which I can't change because it's part of a production environment at work.  Are there alternatives which I could use, such as a php library I can add as part of my project?  Looks like a lot of libraries have been disabled.

[rhodesa]

....not that i'm aware of

[mikeschroeder]

What about the php5 XSL library?

http://us2.php.net/xsl

This extension should be included by default, just not enabled.

 

Also if you possibly have the JavaBridge for php installed, I've read some comments in the manual in regards to using it to call the SAXON

library.

http://us.php.net/manual/en/book.xsl.php#78436

 

Although I can't speak to the performance gain/loss of this approach.

[dark_ixion]

What about the php5 XSL library?

http://us2.php.net/xsl

This extension should be included by default, just not enabled.

 

Also if you possibly have the JavaBridge for php installed, I've read some comments in the manual in regards to using it to call the SAXON

library.

http://us.php.net/manual/en/book.xsl.php#78436

 

Although I can't speak to the performance gain/loss of this approach.

 

I've just checked and xsl is marked as "without", so I can't use that either