# XML & XSL in PHP

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**Created:** [July 3, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-xsl-in-php/193026 "2006-07-03T18:48:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![kevin1886](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@kevin1886](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kevin1886)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-xsl-in-php/193026/1 "2006-07-03T18:48:27Z")

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This image is suppose to show what I’m trying to do. I have been trying to figure this our for way to long now… Maybe this image might help get the idea across…

file.xml:

> \<images\>  
> \<portrait type=“blue” image=“images/blue1.jpg” thumb=“/images/thumbs/blue1.jpg” description=“This is blue " /\>  
> \<portrait type=“blue” image=“images/blue2.jpg” thumb=”/images/thumbs/blue2.jpg" description=“This is also blue! " /\>  
> \<portrait type=“yellow” image=“images/yellow1.jpg” thumb=”/images/thumbs/yellow1.jpg" description=“This is yellow” /\>  
> \<portrait type=“pink” image=“images/pink1.jpg” thumb=“/images/thumbs/pink1.jpg” description=“This is a pink color” /\>  
> \<portrait type=“pink” image=“images/pink2.jpg” thumb=“/images/thumbs/pink2.jpg” description=“This is also a pink color” /\>  
> \</images\>

The “default” when the page is loaded should load “/images/portrait[@type]” (to view “Show All” thumbnails.  
When Menu is click on “Yellow” the selected should load the thumbnails of “/images/portrait[@type=‘yellow’]…“Blue” /images/portrait[@type=‘blue’] …and so on…  
When thumbnails are clicked loads data. Example: If yellow thumbnail (thumb=”/images/thumbs/yellow1.jpg") is clicked opens “image” value (“images/yellow1.jpg”) on the right along with the “description” value (“This is yellow”).  
I can get a lot of this to work in XSL when the XML loads the external XSL but then I cannot make a Javascript that will work for this function and I think that this would work a lot better in PHP (which my server supports).  
I seriously need some real help I’m burnt out on this, it’s driving me insane. I know someone out there has to know how to do this.

(It’s suppose to be “Show All” not “Show Al” in the image…whoops)