Re: [PHP-XML-DEV] serializing DomDocument objects.
[email protected] (Derick Rethans)
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On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, neill wrote:
> > you have a DomDocument with child-elements?
> >
> > No, it's not possible (even if you don't have Child-elements). libxml2
> > has no possibility to "serialize" their internal tree and will not have
> > in the soon future.
> >
> > Therefore the only solution is to use saveXML(). We could (but i don't
> > know the details) wrap that around serialize, but it doesn't make much
> > sense to me and speed gain would be zero...
>
> ok. well, maybe you could talk to the other developer's and see if they
> understand my point - and whether it would be worthwhile to add the
> ability to serialize DomDocuent objects.
It's not possible. saveXML GIVES you a serialized form of your
DocDocument... that's the whole point of DOM.
> i'm not saying "i'm right you're
> wrong" or anything like that, all i want is to make my software as fast as
> possible, and i thought serializing would help by avoiding having to
> create the "internal tree" again and again.
Perhaps you'd need to rethink your design...
Derick
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