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Re: [xsl] Including an external xml source via http

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Dan Henke wrote:
> After searching through the archives I found plenty of posts about including
> external xml sources into an xsl tranformation but they were all referring
> to external files on the same filesystem as the stylesheet using the
> document() function.  What I am trying to do is to include an external xml
> file via http.
> 
> ie, document('http://www.example.com/something.xml')

<xsl:copy-of select="document('http://www.example.com/something.xml')"/> ought
to work, but it's possible that the Sablotron/PHP combo does not use a URI
resolver that allows external access. Perhaps it's a security / configuration
issue. I'd check the docs for those tools first.

   - Mike
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