> I think the problems I'm having are centered around the use of <? as the
> opening php tag.

yes because it isn't an o[ening tag, it is a processing instruction.
Element opening tags may be produced by literal result elements, but
processing instructions in the stylesheet are ignored. You need to use
the <xsl:processing-instruction command to generate these.

David

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