Transformation output `>` instead of `>`

Question

Thanks for your help! I really appreciate it! I understand why I need to put the values in nodes, but I'm not working with templates but with functions... I just can't figure out how to put these nodes and templates in a function?

Maybe it's easier if I just show my XSLT file. beneath you can find the file, and let's say for example this could be the $string it passes to the function (of the not transformed XML file):

<img src="Afbeeldingen Hotpot/beer.jpg" alt="afbeelding van een beer" title="beer" width="170" height="144" style="display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; text-align:center;" style="float:center;" />

This is the complete content of the XSLT file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="2.0"     xmlns:foo="http://www.wathever.com"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
exclude-result-prefixes="xs functx"
xmlns:functx="http://www.functx.com">

<xsl:import href="alle-functx-functies.xsl"/>

<xsl:function name="foo:functionIfImage">
    <xsl:param name="string" as="xs:string"/>
        <xsl:if test="contains($string,'.jpg')">
            <xsl:sequence select="foo:functionImage($string,'.jpg')"/>
        </xsl:if>
        <xsl:if test="contains($string,'.png')">
            <xsl:sequence select="foo:functionImage($string,'.png')"/>
        </xsl:if>
        <xsl:if test="contains($string,'.gif')">
            <xsl:sequence select="foo:functionImage($string,'.png')"/>
        </xsl:if>
        <xsl:if test="not(contains($string,'.jpg')) and not(contains($string,'.png')) and not(contains($string,'.gif'))">
            <xsl:sequence select="'iumi ondersteund alleen afbeeldingen van het formaat *.jpg, *.png of *.gif'"/>
        </xsl:if>
        <xsl:if test="not(contains($string,'img src='))">
            <xsl:sequence select="'bevat geen img src='"/>
        </xsl:if>

</xsl:function>
<xsl:function name="foo:functionImage">
    <xsl:param name="string" as="xs:string"/>
    <xsl:param name="type" as="xs:string"/>

    <xsl:variable name="quot">&quot;</xsl:variable>
    <xsl:variable name="beforePath" as="xs:string">img src="</xsl:variable>
    <xsl:variable name="globalPath" as="xs:string" select="substring-before(substring-after($string, $beforePath), $quot)" />
        <xsl:variable name="beforeWidth" as="xs:string">width="</xsl:variable>
        <xsl:variable name="width" as="xs:string" select="substring-before(substring-after($string, $beforeWidth), $quot)" />
            <xsl:variable name="beforeHeight" as="xs:string">height="</xsl:variable>
            <xsl:variable name="height" as="xs:string" select="substring-before(substring-after($string, $beforeHeight), $quot)" />

    <xsl:if test="not(contains($globalPath,'http'))">
        <xsl:variable name="fileName" as="xs:string"><xsl:sequence select="functx:substring-after-last($globalPath,'/')"/></xsl:variable>
        <xsl:variable name="compatibleData" as="xs:string">
            <xsl:sequence select="concat('&lt;img source=&quot;images/',$fileName,'&quot;',' width=&quot;',$width,'&quot; height=&quot;',$height,'&quot; /&gt;')"/>
        </xsl:variable>
        <xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping= "yes" select="$compatibleData" />
    </xsl:if>
    <xsl:if test="contains($globalPath,'http')">
        <xsl:variable name="compatibleData" as="xs:string">
            <xsl:sequence select="concat('&lt;img source=&quot;',$globalPath,'&quot;',' width=&quot;',$width,'&quot; height=&quot;',$height,'&quot; /&gt;')"/>
        </xsl:variable>
        <xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping= "yes" select="$compatibleData" />
    </xsl:if>

</xsl:function>
</xsl:stylesheet>

So this piece of my XSLT code gives me the wrong output:

<xsl:variable name="compatibleData" as="xs:string">
            <xsl:sequence select="concat('&lt;img source=&quot;',$globalPath,'&quot;',' width=&quot;',$width,'&quot; height=&quot;',$height,'&quot; /&gt;')"/>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping= "yes" select="$compatibleData" />

Output after transformation:

<img source="images/beer.jpg" width="300" height="300" />

Output I want after transformation:

<img source="images/beer.jpg" width="300" height="300" />

How can I make the output say < instead of <, and > instead of >? value-of disable-output-escaping= "yes" does not work...

Answer 1

My XSLT code:

<xsl:variable name="compatibleData" as="xs:string"><xsl:sequence select="concat('&lt;img source=&quot;images/',$fileName,'&quot;',' width=&quot;',$width,'&quot; height=&quot;',$height,'&quot; /&gt;')"/></xsl:variable>
   <xsl:sequence select="$compatibleData"/> 

Never destroy markup by escaping it!!!

Whenever XSLT is used to generate an XML document, it outputs element (and other types of), nodes -- not strings.

Use:

<img source="images/{$filename}" width="{$width}" height="{$height}" /> 

Explanation: The use of AVT (Attribute-Value-Templates) makes the code shorter and more readable. Always use AVTs when the element and attribute names are known in advance.