Re: [xsl] Xpath to node that has a parent with a certain attribute

Subject: Re: [xsl] Xpath to node that has a parent with a certain attribute
From: "Manuel Souto Pico terminolator@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 18:39:10 -0000
Thanks, Michael.

This seems to work:

$xliff->xpath('//target[parent::trans-unit[@id="xxx"]]')[0]->__toString()

Cheers, Manuel


2016-10-25 18:15 GMT+02:00 Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Both your XPath expressions return a node (the <target> element).
>
> If you want to return a string (the string value of the <target> element)
> then wrap a call to string(...) around your current expression.
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
>
>
>
> On 25 Oct 2016, at 17:02, Manuel Souto Pico terminolator@xxxxxxxxx <
> xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I'm struggling to match a node where the parent has a particular id,
> perhaps someone can help me.
>
> This is my data:
>
> <xliff>
>   <file>
>     <header/>
>     <body>
>     (...)
>       <trans-unit id="xxx>
>         <source xml:lang="en">foo</source>
>         <target xml:lang="sl" state="zzz">bar</target>
>       </trans-unit>
>
> I have parsed the file and I am trying expressions
>
> $xliff->xpath('//target[parent::trans-unit[@id="xxx"]]')
>
> and
>
> $xliff->xpath('//trans-unit[@id="xxx"]/target')
>
> but they both give me the same result:
>
> array(1) {
>   [0]=>
>   object(SimpleXMLElement)#8 (1) {
>     ["@attributes"]=>
>     array(1) {
>       ["state"]=>
>       string(22) "zzz"
>     }
>   }
> }
>
> My expected result is "bar"
>
> What I doing wrong?
>
> I'm doing this in php 5.5.11 with libxml Version 2.9.1.
>
> Thank you so much.
> Cheers, Manuel
>
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