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Tip: Make choices at runtime with XSLT parameters

Now on IBM developerWorks: Tip: Make choices at runtime with XSLT parameters -- Extensible Stylesheet Langauage Transformations provide the ability to perform sophisticated manipulation of data as it is transformed from one form to another. You can increase their capabilites even further through the use of parameters that can be specified at runtime. This tip takes a basic look at using parameters and conditional statements in an XSLT style sheet.

Understanding Java Factories

Now on InformIT.com: Understanding Java Factories -- How do factories work, and how can you use them in your own applications? Create two different "ferrets," and see how using a factory allows you to choose which one is actually loaded at any given time.

Using HTML forms with PHP

Now on developerWorks: Using HTML forms with PHP

One of the advantages of PHP has always been the ability to easily manipulate information submitted by the user through an HTML form. In fact, PHP version 4.1 adds several new ways to access this information and effectively removes the one most commonly used in previous versions. This article looks at different ways to use the information submitted on an HTML form, in both older and more recent versions of PHP. It starts out by looking at individual values and builds to a page that can generically access any available form values.