apply-templates

I know I'm missing something here. In the XSLT transformation below, the actual result doesn't match the desired result. Inside the for-each , I want to apply the match="track" template to each selected track element. If I've understood XSLT properly, with the current setup only child nodes of each selected track element are matched against templates, not the track elements themselves. How can I make the track elements go through the template as desired? Do I need to rethink my entire approach? Note: The transformation is executed using PHP. XML declarations have been omitted for brevity. XML

My questions are at the bottom of this post, if you wish to read them before the full explanation. I'm converting an XML document to a pretty web page using XSL, and am having trouble with correctly passing a variable. I have many xsl:template s defined, and need to pass a specific parameter to just one of them. I was hoping that I would be able to pass a named parameter that would presumably be sent to all of the xsl:template s, but only be used by a single one and ignored by the others. However, when trying to test this for myself (and my limited understanding of XSL), I was unable to pass

I am new in XSLT so I'm little bit confused about the two tags, <xsl:apply-templates name="nodes"> and <xsl:call-template select="nodes"> So can you list out the difference between them? Tomalak <xsl:call-template> is a close equivalent to calling a function in a traditional programming language. You can define functions in XSLT, like this simple one that outputs a string. <xsl:template name="dosomething"> <xsl:text>A function that does something</xsl:text> </xsl:template> This function can be called via <xsl:call-template name="dosomething"> . <xsl:apply-templates> is a little different and