Re: [xsl] Decoding HTML tags

[Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>]

Karl Stubsjoen wrote:
> Is there anyway to get from an encoded html tag to the actual tag in
> an xsl transformation?  If I have an element like this:
>
> <content>&lt;b&gt;Straight Body Cast Handstand Drill&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br
> /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like the drill:  &lt;a
> href="http://gymnasticscoaching.com/new/2012/09/straight-body-cast-hand-drill/";
> </content>
>
> I need this from the content element (i added line returns to make
> easier to read):
>
> <b>Straight Body Cast Handstand Drll</b>
> <br/>
> I like the drill:
> <a href="....">....</a>
>
> and so on..

Assuming your XSLT processor supports it you can do

<xsl:template match="content">
  <xsl:value-of select="." disable-output-escaping="yes"/>
</xsl:template>



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