On 18 Jun 2004 at 23:45, Michael Kay wrote:

> This is a FAQ, and the answer is that it can't be done. As in most
> other programming languages, you can't change the code of the program
> based on the data that it reads at run-time. 

I apologize, Michael, but I did search the dpawson.co.uk web site and 
also googled the subject, to no avail. I probably need to work on my 
searching skills.

> You'll have to find a different solution to your problem. If you describe
> the problem, I expect someone will help with it.

Okay, here's the deal: I have several XSL stylesheets that do 
different things [obviously] but use a couple of templates that are 
common to more than one stylesheet and are thus kept in separate 
"include" files. The choice of additional template to be included 
depends on a few other factors that have to do with the specificities 
of my system, and that would take a long time to explain but probably 
wouldn't add much to this discussion.

All XML files are generated by PHP scripts; when an XML file is 
generated, the script inserts an xml-stylesheet PI indicating which 
ready-made XSL file is to be used for transformation. That XSL file, 
in turn, calls (includes) another XSL file containing the additional 
template(s).

For practical reasons, I have to rely on browser-based XSL 
transformation. As I cannot use PHP's XSL processor, I can't have PHP 
pass the URI of an include file as a parameter to the XSL file, which 
I imagine would work.

Any suggestions are welcome. And if anyone thinks my whole idea is 
stupid and that there would be a much simpler way to accomplish what 
I want, feel free to say so bluntly.

Erik