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a_jtim
Joined: 05 May 2010
Posts: 8
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 Posted: Wed 05 May '10 17:34 Post subject: wrap xml files |
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Hi, very new to this so I'm sure this is newbie question.
I've got a url like this: http://localhost/xml/myfile.xml
The file contains xml and I want to return it to the user in html that specifies a css stylesheet and puts the contents of the xml file in a <pre> block.
What I want is for the users to be able to view the raw xml with line numbers (which my stylesheet will handle). If there's a better way to accomplish that, please let me know.
If that's the way to go about it, what should I be reading about? Handlers? Filters?
thanks,
--Tim |
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7373
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Sat 08 May '10 23:41 Post subject: |
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I think the easiest way is using XSL. Than the browser would render the xml itself to html or you could use PHP that renders the xml with xsl to html
See http://www.php.net/manual/en/xsl.examples.php |
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a_jtim
Joined: 05 May 2010
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| Posted: Sun 09 May '10 15:43 Post subject: |
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Thanks for the suggestion, but what I need to display to the user is actually the line-numbered raw xml.
The reason is that it's part of a documentation build report--if there's an xml error, I report the line number and I want them to be able to see exactly where the error was found.
My guess at this point is to intercept all *xml files and use cgi to wrap them, but I really don't know.
thanks,
--Tim |
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tdonovan
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Joined: 17 Dec 2005
Posts: 611
Location: Milford, MA, USA
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| Posted: Sun 09 May '10 16:18 Post subject: |
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If you are just looking for a 'cheap hack' to display XML files, try using mod_substitute like this: | Code: | LoadModule substitute_module modules/mod_substitute.so
<Directory htdocs/xml>
<Files *.xml>
AddType text/html .xml
AddOutputFilterByType SUBSTITUTE text/html
Substitute "s~<~\<~"
Substitute "s~>~\>~"
Substitute "s~\<\?xml.*\?\>~<HTML><HEAD><LINK href='mystylesheet.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'></HEAD><BODY><PRE>$0~"
</Files>
</Directory> |
What it does is:
changes the type of XML files to HTML
changes all '<' to '<'
changes all '>' to '>'
prepends the include for your stylesheet and the <PRE> tag before the XML header (<?xml ... ?>). This presumes your XML files have proper XML headers.
Note that:
The ~ character is used as the delimiter for mod_substitute's s command.
$0 means put the regex that was found (i.e. put the XML header) into the output.
This presumes your stylesheet is in the same directory as the XML file, and is named mystylesheet.css
The <PRE> tag (and also the <BODY> and <HTML> tags) are never closed. This is incorrect, but most browsers will accept this anyway without complaint. That's why this is a 'cheap hack' rather than a good solution.
Hope this helps...
-tom |
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