How to decode a html string using xslt

Question

I am trying to style an rss feed using xslt. I want to display an image that is stored in the tag on the feed. The problem is it is encoded to display as text on the page instead of being rendered. The following is an example of part of the string.

1). <description>&lt;img src="http&amp;#58;&amp;#47;&amp;#47;buavhw.blu.livefilestore.com&amp;#47;y1ppCokLxFJSG2cmyPdvg...

I had to add extra coding to the string above to get it to appear properly here. The string below is how it appears when I paste it directly into the text box.

2). <description><img src="http&#58;&#47;&#47;buavhw.blu.livefilestore.com&#47;y1ppCokLxFJSG2cmyPdvg...

If I copy and paste it again from the preview window it only then becomes the following string.

3). <description><img src="http://buavhw.blu.livefilestore.com/y1ppCokLxFJSG2cmyPdvg...

Answer 1

I'd suggest you decode your urls prior to applying the xslt, since the latter does not provide any direct way of doing it.

On the other hand there is the xsl:script, that you can use to call custom scripts. This depends on your xsl parser.

What programming language are you using ?