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Hi,I was going through your tutorial onhttp://www.w3schools.com/xsl/xsl_editxml.aspwhich has tool.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><tool>  <field id="prodName">	<value>HAMMER HG2606</value>  </field>  <field id="prodNo">	<value>32456240</value>  </field>  <field id="price">	<value>$30.00</value>  </field></tool>

tool.xsl

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"><xsl:template match="/">  <html>  <body>  <form method="post" action="edittool.php">  <h2>Tool Information (edit):</h2>  <table border="0">	<xsl:for-each select="tool/field">	<tr>	  <td><xsl:value-of select="@id"/></td>	  <td>	  <input type="text">	  <xsl:attribute name="id">		<xsl:value-of select="@id" />	  </xsl:attribute>	  <xsl:attribute name="name">		<xsl:value-of select="@id" />	  </xsl:attribute>	  <xsl:attribute name="value">		<xsl:value-of select="value" />	  </xsl:attribute>	  </input>	  </td>	</tr>	</xsl:for-each>  </table>  <br />  <input type="submit" id="btn_sub" name="btn_sub" value="Submit" />  <input type="reset" id="btn_res" name="btn_res" value="Reset" />  </form>  </body>  </html></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>

tool_updated.xsl

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"><xsl:template match="/">  <html>  <body>  <h2>Updated Tool Information:</h2>  <table border="1">	<xsl:for-each select="tool/field">	<tr>	  <td><xsl:value-of select="@id" /></td>	  <td><xsl:value-of select="value" /></td>	</tr>	</xsl:for-each>  </table>  </body>  </html></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>

edittool.asp

<%function loadFile(xmlfile,xslfile)Dim xmlDoc,xslDoc'Load XML fileset xmlDoc = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")xmlDoc.async = falsexmlDoc.load(xmlfile)'Load XSL fileset xslDoc = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")xslDoc.async = falsexslDoc.load(xslfile)'Transform fileResponse.Write(xmlDoc.transformNode(xslDoc))end functionfunction updateFile(xmlfile)Dim xmlDoc,rootEl,fDim i'Load XML fileset xmlDoc = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")xmlDoc.async = falsexmlDoc.load(xmlfile)'Set the rootEl variable equal to the root elementSet rootEl = xmlDoc.documentElement'Loop through the form collectionfor i = 1 To Request.Form.Count  'Eliminate button elements in the form  if instr(1,Request.Form.Key(i),"btn_")=0 then	'The selectSingleNode method queries the XML file for a single node	'that matches a query. This query requests the value element that is	'the child of a field element that has an id attribute which matches	'the current key value in the Form Collection. When there is a match -	'set the text property equal to the value of the current field in the	'Form Collection.	set f = rootEl.selectSingleNode("field[@id='" & _	Request.Form.Key(i) & "']/value")	f.Text = Request.Form(i)  end ifnext'Save the modified XML filexmlDoc.save xmlfile'Release all object referencesset xmlDoc=nothingset rootEl=nothingset f=nothing'Load the modified XML file with a style sheet that'allows the client to see the edited informationloadFile xmlfile,server.MapPath("tool_updated.xsl")end function'If the form has been submitted update the'XML file and display result - if not,'transform the XML file for editingif Request.Form("btn_sub")="" then  loadFile server.MapPath("tool.xml"),server.MapPath("tool.xsl")else  updateFile server.MapPath("tool.xml")end if%>

Since i have php installed, i created a PHP alternative called edittool.php

<?phpfunction loadFile($xmlfile,$xslfile){  extract($GLOBALS);//Load XML file  // $xmlDoc is of type "Microsoft.XMLDOM"  $xmlDoc=new DOMDocument();  $xmlDoc->async=false;  $xmlDoc->load($xmlfile);//Load XSL file  // $xslDoc is of type "Microsoft.XMLDOM"  $xslDoc=new DOMDocument();  $xslDoc->async=false;  $xslDoc->load($xslfile);  //Transform file  $xslt=new XSLTProcessor();  $xslt->importStylesheet($xslDoc);  print $xslt->transformToXML($xmlDoc);  return $function_ret;}function updateFile($xmlfile){  extract($GLOBALS);//Load XML file  // $xmlDoc is of type "Microsoft.XMLDOM"  $xmlDoc=new DOMDocument();  $xmlDoc->async=false;  $xmlDoc->load($xmlfile);//Set the rootEl variable equal to the root element  $rootEl=$xmlDoc->documentElement;//Loop through the form collection  for ($i=1; $i<=count($_POST); $i=$i+1)  {//Eliminate button elements in the form	if ((strpos(($i),"btn_",1) ? strpos(($i),"btn_",1)+1 : 0))	{//The selectSingleNode method queries the XML file for a single node//that matches a query. This query requests the value element that is//the child of a field element that has an id attribute which matches//the current key value in the Form Collection. When there is a match -//set the text property equal to the value of the current field in the//Form Collection.	  $f=$rootEl->selectSingleNode("field[@id='".$i."']/value");	  $f->Text=$_POST[$i];	}   }//Save the modified XML file  $xmlDoc->save($xmlfile);//Release all object references  $xmlDoc=null;  $rootEl=null;  $f=null;//Load the modified XML file with a style sheet that//allows the client to see the edited information  loadFile($xmlfile,$DOCUMENT_ROOT."tool_updated.xsl");  return $function_ret;} //If the form has been submitted update the//XML file and display result - if not,//transform the XML file for editingif ($_POST["btn_sub"]==""){  loadFile($DOCUMENT_ROOT."tool.xml",$DOCUMENT_ROOT."tool.xsl");}  else{  updateFile($DOCUMENT_ROOT."tool.xml");} ?>

Now everything seems to work, except that the tool.xml file does not get updated with the changes made. Please advice.Regards.Eijaz

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In PHP, variables are local by default. You have several functions, so the $xmlDoc and $xslDoc variables of one function are not available to the rest by default.The dirtiest and quickest solution is to simply declare $xmlDoc and $xslDoc outside of any funciton, ideally at the top, like:

<?php$xmlDoc;$xslDoc;//The rest of your existing code

Also, AFAIK, there isn't an "async" property to DOMDocument in PHP, so

  $xslDoc->async=false;

should go.

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Nope. I tried that and it does not work!

<?php$xmlDoc=new DOMDocument();$xslDoc=new DOMDocument();function loadFile($xmlfile,$xslfile){extract($GLOBALS);//Load XML file  // $xmlDoc is of type "Microsoft.XMLDOM"  $xmlDoc->load($xmlfile);//Load XSL file  // $xslDoc is of type "Microsoft.XMLDOM"  $xslDoc->load($xslfile);  //Transform file  $xslt=new XSLTProcessor();  $xslt->importStylesheet($xslDoc);  print $xslt->transformToXML($xmlDoc);//  return $function_ret;}function updateFile($xmlfile){extract($GLOBALS);//Load XML file  // $xmlDoc is of type "Microsoft.XMLDOM"  $xmlDoc->load($xmlfile);  //Set the rootEl variable equal to the root element  $rootEl=$xmlDoc->documentElement;  //Loop through the form collection  $array_keys = array_keys($_POST);  for ($i=0; $i<count($array_keys)-1; $i++)  {//	echo $array_keys[$i] . " - " . $i;//Eliminate button elements in the form//	if ($array_keys[$i]!=="btn_sub")//	{//The selectSingleNode method queries the XML file for a single node//that matches a query. This query requests the value element that is//the child of a field element that has an id attribute which matches//the current key value in the Form Collection. When there is a match -//set the text property equal to the value of the current field in the//Form Collection.//		exit;[b]	   $f=$rootEl->GetElementsByTagName("field[@id='".$array_keys[$i]."']/value");	   $f->nodeValue=$_POST[$array_keys[$i]];[/b]//	}  }//Save the modified XML file  $xmlDoc->save($xmlfile);//Release all object references  $xmlDoc=null;  $rootEl=null;  $f=null;//Load the modified XML file with a style sheet that//allows the client to see the edited information  loadFile($xmlfile,$DOCUMENT_ROOT."tool_updated.xsl");//  return $function_ret;}//If the form has been submitted update the//XML file and display result - if not,//transform the XML file for editingif ($_POST["btn_sub"]==""){  echo "Its Load Time!"; loadFile($DOCUMENT_ROOT."tool.xml", $DOCUMENT_ROOT."tool.xsl");}  else{  echo "Its Update Time!";  updateFile($DOCUMENT_ROOT."tool.xml");}?>

i have looped through forms collections like this:

  //Loop through the form collection  $array_keys = array_keys($_POST);  for ($i=0; $i<count($array_keys)-1; $i++)  {

As you can see, i have edited the php code again and changed "SelectSingleNode" to GetElementsByTagName() as the former is a javascript function and not available in PHP. As i dont know its equivalent in PHP, i am trying "GetElementsByTagName()" & "NodeValue"..........but both dont seem to work, though i did not get any PHP errors...

$f=$rootEl->GetElementsByTagName("field[@id='".$array_keys[$i]."']/value");	   $f->nodeValue=$_POST[$array_keys[$i]];

Any ideas why the tool.xml file does not get updated??? And since there is an ASP code posted on the website, i would like to request the W3School.com site owners to post an equivalent PHP code for this tutorial.Right now, i am really stumped!!! IS THERE ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME WITH THIS PHP CODE??? :)

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Well, done it myself after some trial and error with XPATH problem :)And here's the tested code for people out there!

<?php$xmlDoc=new DOMDocument();$xslDoc=new DOMDocument();$xmlDoc->preserveWhiteSpace = false;$xslDoc->preserveWhiteSpace = false;$xmlDoc->formatOutput = true;$xslDoc->formatOutput = true;function loadFile($xmlfile,$xslfile){extract($GLOBALS);//Load XML file  // $xmlDoc is of type "Microsoft.XMLDOM"  $xmlDoc->load($xmlfile);//Load XSL file  // $xslDoc is of type "Microsoft.XMLDOM"  $xslDoc->load($xslfile);  //Transform file  $xslt=new XSLTProcessor();  $xslt->importStylesheet($xslDoc);  print $xslt->transformToXML($xmlDoc);}function updateFile($xmlfile){extract($GLOBALS);//Load XML file  // $xmlDoc is of type "Microsoft.XMLDOM"  $xmlDoc->load($xmlfile);  $xpath = new DOMXPath($xmlDoc);  //Set the rootEl variable equal to the root element  $rootEl=$xmlDoc->documentElement;  //Loop through the form collection  $array_keys = array_keys($_POST);  for ($i=0; $i<count($array_keys)-1; $i++)  {		$z=$array_keys[$i];		$nodeList=$xpath->query('/tool//field[@id="'.$z.'"]/value');		foreach ($nodeList as $n)		{			$n->nodeValue=$_POST[$array_keys[$i]];		}  }//Save the modified XML file  $xmlDoc->save($xmlfile);//Release all object references  $xmlDoc=null;  $rootEl=null;  $f=null;//Load the modified XML file with a style sheet that//allows the client to see the edited information  loadFile($xmlfile,$DOCUMENT_ROOT."tool_updated.xsl");}//If the form has been submitted update the//XML file and display result - if not, transform the XML file for editingif ($_POST["btn_sub"]==""){  echo "Its Load Time!"; loadFile($DOCUMENT_ROOT."tool.xml", $DOCUMENT_ROOT."tool.xsl");}  else{  echo "Its Update Time!";  updateFile($DOCUMENT_ROOT."tool.xml");}?>

Hope this helps!Cheers! :)

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And since there is an ASP code posted on the website, i would like to request the W3School.com site owners to post an equivalent PHP code for this tutorial.
I'd like that too... and quite a few members have requested the same since the beginning of this forum. The authors at W3Schools appear not to be doing it for some reason... lack of time for it I guess.BTW, this part
//Release all object references  $xmlDoc=null;  $rootEl=null;  $f=null;

is totally needless in PHP.

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Thanks....i missed removing that part... :)BTW, just a question:
why is it that > OR > works both in IE & FF and < OR < does not in IE & FF???

Where is that? In XSLT? It should work everywhere. A code sample would be good to see what you're talking about.
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Here's the link:IF exampleThe XML file:--------------

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><!-- Edited by XMLSpy® --><catalog>	<cd>		<title>Empire Burlesque</title>		<artist>Bob Dylan</artist>		<country>USA</country>		<company>Columbia</company>		<price>10.90</price>		<year>1985</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Hide your heart</title>		<artist>Bonnie Tyler</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>CBS Records</company>		<price>9.90</price>		<year>1988</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Greatest Hits</title>		<artist>Dolly Parton</artist>		<country>USA</country>		<company>RCA</company>		<price>9.90</price>		<year>1982</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Still got the blues</title>		<artist>Gary Moore</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Virgin records</company>		<price>10.20</price>		<year>1990</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Eros</title>		<artist>Eros Ramazzotti</artist>		<country>EU</country>		<company>BMG</company>		<price>9.90</price>		<year>1997</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>One night only</title>		<artist>Bee Gees</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Polydor</company>		<price>10.90</price>		<year>1998</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Sylvias Mother</title>		<artist>Dr.Hook</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>CBS</company>		<price>8.10</price>		<year>1973</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Maggie May</title>		<artist>Rod Stewart</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Pickwick</company>		<price>8.50</price>		<year>1990</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Romanza</title>		<artist>Andrea Bocelli</artist>		<country>EU</country>		<company>Polydor</company>		<price>10.80</price>		<year>1996</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>When a man loves a woman</title>		<artist>Percy Sledge</artist>		<country>USA</country>		<company>Atlantic</company>		<price>8.70</price>		<year>1987</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Black angel</title>		<artist>Savage Rose</artist>		<country>EU</country>		<company>Mega</company>		<price>10.90</price>		<year>1995</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>1999 Grammy Nominees</title>		<artist>Many</artist>		<country>USA</country>		<company>Grammy</company>		<price>10.20</price>		<year>1999</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>For the good times</title>		<artist>Kenny Rogers</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Mucik Master</company>		<price>8.70</price>		<year>1995</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Big Willie style</title>		<artist>Will Smith</artist>		<country>USA</country>		<company>Columbia</company>		<price>9.90</price>		<year>1997</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Tupelo Honey</title>		<artist>Van Morrison</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Polydor</company>		<price>8.20</price>		<year>1971</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Soulsville</title>		<artist>Jorn Hoel</artist>		<country>Norway</country>		<company>WEA</company>		<price>7.90</price>		<year>1996</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>The very best of</title>		<artist>Cat Stevens</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Island</company>		<price>8.90</price>		<year>1990</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Stop</title>		<artist>Sam Brown</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>A and M</company>		<price>8.90</price>		<year>1988</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Bridge of Spies</title>		<artist>T`Pau</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Siren</company>		<price>7.90</price>		<year>1987</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Private Dancer</title>		<artist>Tina Turner</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Capitol</company>		<price>8.90</price>		<year>1983</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Midt om natten</title>		<artist>Kim Larsen</artist>		<country>EU</country>		<company>Medley</company>		<price>7.80</price>		<year>1983</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Pavarotti Gala Concert</title>		<artist>Luciano Pavarotti</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>DECCA</company>		<price>9.90</price>		<year>1991</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>The dock of the bay</title>		<artist>Otis Redding</artist>		<country>USA</country>		<company>Atlantic</company>		<price>7.90</price>		<year>1987</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Picture book</title>		<artist>Simply Red</artist>		<country>EU</country>		<company>Elektra</company>		<price>7.20</price>		<year>1985</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Red</title>		<artist>The Communards</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>London</company>		<price>7.80</price>		<year>1987</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Unchain my heart</title>		<artist>Joe Cocker</artist>		<country>USA</country>		<company>EMI</company>		<price>8.20</price>		<year>1987</year>	</cd></catalog>

The XSL file:--------------

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><!-- Edited by XMLSpy® --><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"><xsl:template match="/">  <html>  <body>	<h2>My CD Collection</h2>	<table border="1">	  <tr bgcolor="#9acd32">	  <th>Title</th>	  <th>Artist</th>	</tr>	<xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd">	<xsl:if test="price < 10">	  <tr>		<td><xsl:value-of select="title"/></td>		<td><xsl:value-of select="artist"/></td>		</tr>	</xsl:if>	</xsl:for-each>	</table>  </body>  </html></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>

Here i have changed the > (>) to < (<).......doesnt seem to work on both browsers and gives error even if i use the escape sequence for '<' ....

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><!-- Edited by XMLSpy® --><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"><xsl:template match="/">  <html>  <body>	<h2>My CD Collection</h2>	<table border="1">	  <tr bgcolor="#9acd32">	  <th>Title</th>	  <th>Artist</th>	</tr>	<xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd">	<xsl:if test="price > 10">	  <tr>		<td><xsl:value-of select="title"/></td>		<td><xsl:value-of select="artist"/></td>		</tr>	</xsl:if>	</xsl:for-each>	</table>  </body>  </html></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>

Should work. Are you sure this is the ONLY thing you've altered? Any error messages coming from the browser?

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Can you give a link to your copy? And again, any error messages? I know for sure that IE should show you a meaningful one (not as sure about Firefox...).

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No, i am just learning XML, XSLT thru the websites W3SCHOOLS & TIZAG.so i am just changing it on this online translator or copying it to a file and testing it on my localhost having XAMPP.Firefox 3.5.7 error:

Error in XSLTXML Parsing Error: not well-formed Location: http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/tryxslt_result.asp Line Number 15, Column 25:

Internet Explorer 8 error:

Error in XSLTLine 15: The character '<' cannot be used in an attribute value.

Now, the funny part is that this works both in IE & FF,

<xsl:if test="price > 10">

But this doesn't!

<xsl:if test="price < 10">

Though i must say, its been fun with XML, XSL and looking forward to use it to enhance my career :)

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This is a bug in W3Schools' Tryit Editor, I think. It reencodes your XSLT, thus turning

<

into

<

At which point, the line

<xsl:if test="price < 10">

Indeed becomes a non well formed XML.If you save both files locally, and add the xml-stylesheet PI to the XML, it will work at your XAMPP setup.

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The XML defines "<" as the start of a tag. It also defines ">" as the end of a tag. However, to let people make up some space (">" is four bytes, while ">" is just one), ">" is allowed within text nodes. "<" is not allowed, because it has the special meaning of starting a tag. Allowing ">" is acceptable, because if you haven't started a tag, you can safely assume it's not ending at the point of ">".

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