Is it possible to use PHP within an XSL document?
Always when I try to do so I get errors... so before freaking out I'd like to know whether or not it's even possible. (I am an absolute beginner)
A:
You can use it in both the xsl an the xml it is transforming.
- Your server must parse .xsl/.xml files as php
- Your php must generate valid xsl/xml
Byron Whitlock
2009-09-25 22:13:28
A:
I have an XSL file like this one
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
<!ENTITY nbsp " ">
]>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<style type="text/css">
[...]
</style>
</head>
<body>
[...]
<div id="content">
<?php echo $anything; ?>
</div>
[...]
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
(I cut the code)
So I am including the XML file via PHP (that XML file is styled with this XSL file) And now I tried to echo the content of for example $anything
But it doesn't work
A:
You can use simplexml to manipulate the XML in PHP. http://nl.php.net/simplexml there's the reference of the simplexml class. So after you load the XML file into PHP and before echoing it using the asXML()-function, you can alter the XML through the simplexml interface.
Lex
2009-09-25 22:47:46
A:
If you'll use the XSLTProcessor class to do your XSL, you can just registerPHPFunctions. I do it all the time for certain data manipulations within the XSL. Then I can call any PHP function or method I want in the XSL.
grantwparks
2009-09-27 01:46:40