# Xml php cms?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-php-cms/183561
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [March 28, 2006, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-php-cms/183561 "2006-03-28T08:42:26Z")
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### Author:  [@MyDNA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MyDNA)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2006, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-php-cms/183561/1 "2006-03-28T08:42:26Z")
For now i have a website with data loaded from a xml file…
But is there a powerfull way to write from a php file to the xml files so i can add items (text and other images) to the xml files (locations). And is it powerfull? Or is a standard MySQL CMS more powerfull?
Kind regards Jos
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### Author:  [@grappaFruit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grappaFruit)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-php-cms/183561/2 "2006-03-31T14:04:01Z")
Yes, using MySQL is the most powerfull way 🙂
The easiest and most powerfull way to edit XML (in MHO) is trough Flash. The parser is quite fast, the system easy to understand, and most handy, you can update changes without having to refresh your html page each time. A hybrid \*html - flash page is my preferred construction for a CMS (and it looks smoother).
Some basic knowledge about as-js communication is advisable tough…
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### Author:  [@teiz77](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/teiz77)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-php-cms/183561/3 "2006-04-03T07:13:51Z")
> [@grappaFruit](#):
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> Yes, using MySQL is the most powerfull way 🙂
>
> The easiest and most powerfull way to edit XML (in MHO) is trough Flash. The parser is quite fast, the system easy to understand, and most handy, you can update changes without having to refresh your html page each time. A hybrid \*html - flash page is my preferred construction for a CMS (and it looks smoother).
> Some basic knowledge about as-js communication is advisable tough…
PHP can handle XML file just fine… Please keep your CMS server side instead of parsing it in flash. This way you’re not dependant of a plugin, more secured, search engine can spider your website and blind people can use screen readers to read your website.
Here’s a hint how to do it:
[http://nl3.php.net/manual/nl/ref.xml.php](http://nl3.php.net/manual/nl/ref.xml.php)
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### Author:  [@grappaFruit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grappaFruit)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 7:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-php-cms/183561/4 "2006-04-03T07:45:31Z")
Of course PHP handles it just fine. I do write my own ‘xml-parsers’ in PHP, depending the needs and flexibility. But if you’re new to it, flash handles it swell. The plugin requirement is relative if the parser is intended for CMS functionallity, and it doesn’t mean that your “client-side” part has to be all flash.
in MHO a flash parser just for updating your XML, is the perfect novice CMS.
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### Author:  [@MyDNA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MyDNA)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-php-cms/183561/5 "2006-04-03T12:05:24Z")
Thanks Guys,
I’m working on it. But my php with flash knowledge is not much at the moment so a cms is just hard working. But i think i can handle it.
:elderly: