SMIL gives you control of multimedia and text elements in a browser over a timeline, while PHP lets you write dynamic SMIL code. The combination produces nicely-timed presentations.
by Octavia Andreea Anghel
December 1, 2008
n this article you will see how to use the Synchronized Multimedia Integration language (SMIL) and PHP to add great slideshow presentations to your web sites. If you're not already familiar with SMIL, you'll discover that it's extremely agile and simple to use. PHP is compatible with SMIL, makes it dynamic, and provides server-side support. Together, they can do a great job.
A Brief Introduction to SMIL
SMIL is a W3C standard. You write SMIL in XML, using a vocabulary similar to HTML to create slideshow-like presentations, displaying and controlling multiple multimedia files. SMIL has methods for defining element sequences, duration, position, and visibility, etc.
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