Pass arguements to XSL sheet?

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September 12th, 2003, 04:10 AM

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Pass arguements to XSL sheet?

Is there any way to pass an arguement to XSL?

I'm using PHP to output a document stored in an XML file. The file holds multiple documents held within a <documents> node - as such:

Code:

<documents>
    <document name="one"><![CDATA[ /* stuff */ ]]></document>
    <document name="two"><![CDATA[ /* stuff */ ]]></document>
    <document hame="three"><![CDATA[ /* stuff */ ]]></document>
</documents>

Can I pass a arguement to pull out the document with the name "two"? I don't want to hard code it, because it will change depending on the request.

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September 12th, 2003, 07:14 AM

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Assuming you're using PHP's XSLT Functions ...

PHP Code:


		
			
echo xslt_process(xslt_create(),$xml_file,$xsl_file,NULL,array(),array('foo'=>'Foo!'));

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:param name="foo" />
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:value-of select="$foo">
<!-- $foo can also be used in XPath in the select -->
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

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September 12th, 2003, 07:19 AM

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in the line:

Code:

<xsl:value-of select="$foo" />

is $foo a PHP variable, or is it true XSL?

Forgetting about PHP for a moment, is is possible to create <xsl:param> tags and call them using $[param name]?

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September 12th, 2003, 07:29 AM

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Is there another way of doing it, so I don't have to use the $ sign?

September 12th, 2003, 12:14 PM

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Code:

<xsl:value-of select="$foo" />

is pure xsl. What php is doing is passing the xsl a parameter, read by the line

Code:

<xsl:param name="foo" />

into the xsl variable $foo. This is the way xsl is supposed to work, it's pure xsl, and you have use the '$' sign.

September 12th, 2003, 09:05 PM

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Quote:

Forgetting about PHP for a moment, is is possible to create <xsl:param> tags and call them using $[param name]?

Only if a parameter is passed to the XSL template. If not, you can use <xsl:variable ... /> to create variables (local and global to the template). These are accesses as $[variable_name] as well.

Lots of good examples and information at www.w3schools.com .

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How would you do the same thing (pass a parameter from a PHP file containing XML info to an XSL file that applies to the XML) without using the XSLT functions? The server I have to use doesn't have them installed.

November 22nd, 2003, 12:37 AM

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Quote:

How would you do the same thing ...

I don't think you can.

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The server I have to use doesn't have them installed.

Mine (my public, paid, production server) didn't either until I asked. Have you asked if they'll install them?

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