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   <xsl:call-template name="getRules">
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   <xsl:call-template name="getRules">
       <xsl:with-param name="ruleName" select="'v_E_php_1_id'" />
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</xsl:template>

   <xsl:for-each select="document ('rulenames.xml')//rulename">
       <xsl:variable name="rulename" select="string(.)"/>

       <xsl:for-each select="$context">
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