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by Douglas Clifton.
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I have three exciting announcements to make regarding PHP Magazine.
First, they have a brand new redesign, have a look and let us know what you think. (that was your first hint)
Second, they have a brand new issue, now in downloadable PDF format and only 4 euros (or less) an issue! (that was your final hint)
And third (but not least), they have a brand new columnist: yours truly.
Asked to brainstorm an interesting (and perhaps even silly) name and concept, I came up with <root> Elements. To cite myself (if that's even proper):
Modern markup languages such as XHTML, and the meta-languages that define them (in this case XML), are built from a set of nodes, or elements. The top level, or root element of any such language opens the document and is the container, or parent, for the rest of the elements that follow. In an HTML document, for instance, the root element is <html>. So the focus of this column is the starting point of any development task. Bootstrapping, to use an operating system metaphor.
In my first article, titled Feeding the Guests — Distributing Content with Really Simple Syndication 2.0, I explain how to build an RSS feed using PHP from a single MySQL table. Subsequent articles will follow this howto, task-oriented format.
Posted from California (that, is another story entirely — stay tuned).
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