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How to load HTML as XML?
Hi all,
I'm looking for a way to load an HTML file as XML. I have a almost-empty HTML file with a little PHP that generates the XML from a database.
Flash is able to read this file as XML just fine, but not JS. I'm using the Sarissa wrapper, and the code just stops when it tries to load said file. If I save the output as an XML file, Sarissa has no trouble. Does anyone know of another library or something that would enable me to do this?
Any tips greatly appreciated!
Last edited by jlizarraga; 11-20-2008 at 06:56 PM. Reason: resolved
Senior Coders
I don't think that this is possible, but you can use XHTML. Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (I think). This treats the HTML file as XML. You have to know XHTML syntax to do this, though, and also you have to include a <!DOCTYPE> tag stating your HTML file is XHTML. This should do.
-magicyte
Senior Coders
So I need something like this, right?
<!DOCTYPE rootElement PUBLIC "PublicIdentifier" "URIreference">
What do I use for a PublicIndentifier and URIreference? I'm having no luck with Google.
Senior Coders
Yes.
Good site: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_DOCTYPE.asp
If you don't want to go there, use this:
Strict XHTML:
Transitional XHTML:Code:<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
Frameset XHTML:Code:<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
I'm pretty sure you can load XHTML files with AJAX/PHP/ASP etc. Look it up if you want.Code:<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-frameset.dtd">
-magicyte
Last edited by magicyte; 11-19-2008 at 11:13 PM.
Senior Coders
I read more into this, and you need to define your own doctypes for XML. There is a great article on it here:
http://xmlfiles.com/dtd/
Thanks for your input!
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