can we insert HTML tags in XSL Variable

Question

I just want to confirm whether we can insert html tags inside the xsl variable? example

<xsl:variable name="htmlContent">
<html>
<body>
hiiii
</body>
</html>
</xsl:variable>

if i use

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

I shoud get

<html>
<body>
hiiii
</body>
</html>

Is it possible? i have tried

<xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="yes" select="$htmlContent"/>

Eventhough i am not getting the desired output

<htmlText>hii</htmlText> i have retrieved the value in the element called htmlText..I am getting like that — Ironman
– Ironman, Commented Nov 2, 2012 at 17:59
I think you aren't showing us everything. Where would <htmlText> come from? — Dabbler
– Dabbler, Commented Nov 2, 2012 at 18:04
<xsl:element name="htmlText"> <xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="yes" select="$htmlContent"/> </xsl:element> I wrote like this and i shud get <htmlText><html> <body> hiiii </body> </html> </htmlText> — Ironman
– Ironman, Commented Nov 2, 2012 at 18:05
The code you are showing doesn't contain <xsl:element>. Please post a small but complete example that allows us to reproduce the problem. — Dabbler
– Dabbler, Commented Nov 2, 2012 at 18:07

Francis Avila · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-02 18:50:02Z

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Do not use value-of, which gets the text value of the selected node. Instead use copy-of, which copies the entire tree (nodes and all) into the output:

<xsl:copy-of select="$htmlContent"/>

Here is a full example:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">

<xsl:variable name="htmlContent">
    <html><body>hiiii</body></html>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:element name="htmlText">
        <xsl:copy-of select="$htmlContent"/>
    </xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

This will always produce the xml:

<htmlText>
    <html>
       <body>hiiii</body>
    </html>
</htmlText>

edited Nov 2, 2012 at 18:50

answered Nov 2, 2012 at 17:54

Francis Avila

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Ironman Over a year ago

Thanks for quick response,I have used copy-of then it is elemenating html tags and printing the content..:(

StuartLC Over a year ago

You may also need to use exslt/msxsl node-set() to tell the parser that the variable is a result tree fragment.

Ironman Over a year ago

can you please write sample code to add that node-set(), I am not that much expert in xslt :P

Francis Avila Over a year ago

@nonnb, since he is not performing any node operations on the variable, he doesn't need a node-set and a result tree fragment is fine.

Francis Avila Over a year ago

@SrivatsavaSesham, I have added a full, tested example. This should be working for you. (Make sure you are viewing the raw output of the transformation and not having it interpreted by a browser.)

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