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Kirk Strobeck
Kirk Strobeck

Reputation: 18629

XSL: Search for node name

I want to search for the child node that starts with "php"

<globals-cookie>
    <utma>1.959760512.1318348214.1318348214.1318348214.1</utma>
    <utmz>1.1318348214.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)</utmz>
    <phpsessid34534>826427ef2fade7f9471581a429ce266d</phpsessid34534>
    <utmb>122420241.88.10.1321257433</utmb>
    <utmc>122420241</utmc>
</globals-cookie>

I would write //globals-cookie/phpsessid34534, but the number changes on the end..

Upvotes: 2

Views: 366

Answers (2)

Paul Butcher
Paul Butcher

Reputation: 6956

Firstly, the XPath to such a node as you describe would be:

/globals-cookie/*[starts-with(local-name(.),'php']

Secondly, this is what attributes are for - Something like this would be more sensible.

<php sessid="34534">826427ef2fade7f9471581a429ce266d</php>

Upvotes: 0

Kirill Polishchuk
Kirill Polishchuk

Reputation: 56202

You can use this XPath:

globals-cookie/*[starts-with(local-name(), 'php')]

Upvotes: 3

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