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+# PHP XML Database Class
+
+> The goal of this project is to get a PHP class managing a database in XML format as it would be in MySQL (but with less options obviously)
+
+
+-----
+
+
+## Database Format
+
+```xml
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Database>
+    <table name="table1">
+        <item id="clock">
+            <visibility>false</visibility>
+            <x>950</x>
+            <y>42</y>
+        </item>
+        <item id="weather">
+            <visibility>true</visibility>
+            <city>Paris</city>
+            <x>605</x>
+            <y>648</y>
+        </item>
+    </table>
+    <table name="table2">
+        <item id="clockAdvanced">
+            <visibility>false</visibility>
+            <x>80</x>
+            <y>10</y>
+            <fontFamily>Times New Roman, serif</fontFamily>
+            <fontSize>20px</fontSize>
+            <format>%A %d %B %Y - %H:%M:%S</format>
+            <color>#000</color>
+	</item>
+    </table>
+</Database>
+```
+
+As you can see, the XML contains only one Database but an infinite (well, not that much ;) ) number of Tables with a unique name and in which you can have _items_ that could be compared to _rows_ in MySQL.
+The differences are :
+* In a table, you can have _items_ with different attributes as you can see in _table1_
+* Attributes can't have different formats (for now). Everything is a @string@. Of course, you can convert them later.
+* You can *move* items from table to table! You could even move them to a precise location into your file!
+
+## "SQL" command syntax
+
+[Data definition] ( like _Create Database_, _Drop Database_, _Create Table_, _Drop Table_ )
+[Data manipulation] ( like _Insert_, _Delete_, _Update_, _Select_, _Move_ (experimental, only with XMLDB !) )