[xslt] Re: xsl

[Igor Zlatkovic <igor zlatkovic com>]

On 27.05.2005 20:41, Alaina Ambrose wrote:
> All I am trying to do is run this program:
>
> <?php
> $proc = xslt_create(); // this creates the xslt processor
> $xml = $argv[1];
> $xsl = $argv[2];
> $html = $argv[3];
> $code = xslt_process($proc, $xml, $xsl);
> $fp = fopen($html, "w");
> $write = $fputs($fp, $code);
> fclose($fp);
> echo $code;
> xslt_free($proc);
> ?>

Neat. All I am trying to do is get my steak grilled and my beer cold. 
Perhaps I am in more basic a need right now, but yours seems at least as 
demanding. :)

> but I keep getting the error:
>
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function xslt_create() in 
> C:\... on line 2.

I haven't got any errors with what I am doing, not yet, but a thing like 
'call to undefined function chill_beer()' would really send me to the 
corner whining. I understand you :)

> I haven't used php before but I just need to be able to run 
> this program from the command line to create an html file from 
> an xml and an xsl file.  I have php 5 installed and I've 
> downloaded libxslt and libxml2 and added their bin directories 
> to my PATH environment variable.  Do you have any idea what 
> I'm forgetting or doing wrong?  

Working on friday this late would be one of those things that warrant 
wrongness and need some improvement.

> If you have any suggestions, 
> I'd greatly appreciate it.  Thanks.

Well, I have no idea how you connected me to PHP. I don't even know what 
it really is, surely I never used it. If that thing you are trying to 
control really uses libxml and libxslt, the best would be to ask whoever 
maintains PHP about how they use these libraries and how they expect 
them to be installed. I could only tell you to use xsltproc utility to 
achieve a simple transformation, but I have no idea how that fits into 
what you are up to.

All I can do productively is turn my steak upside down, so it gets some 
coal on its other side, and post a copy of this on libxslt mailing list, 
risking flames for off-topic posting, but with hope that someone perhaps 
knows more and is willing to intervene in taking you out of your misery.

:)

Ciao,
Igor