RE: XSL to create nested list items?

Hi,

> I tried your template sample, but kept getting errors on the first
> xsl:template line.

Was the xsl:template the first element in the file? You have to use
xsl:stylesheet as the root element, I just omitted it for brevity.

> That's PHP for you though, it's VERY
> picky I'm finding,
> and I don't see anything in the line that would trigger an error.
>
> I did manage to resolve the problem though.  I took my clue
> from your "menu"
> template, and kicked myself for not seeing the simpler way
> sooner.  Instead
> of simply putting a new <item> element inside an existing
> one, I wrapped the
> sub-menu items in a <menu> element.  Then, with the XSL, I
> could write a
> template for the <menu> elements that would create the <ul>
> tags... er,
> here's the new xsl - I think it's easier to see what I did
> than me trying to
> explain it:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
>
> 	<xsl:template match="/">
> 		<xsl:apply-templates/>
> 	</xsl:template>
>
> 	<xsl:template match="menu">
> 		<ul>
> 			<xsl:apply-templates/>
> 		</ul>
> 	</xsl:template>
>
> 	<xsl:template match="item">
> 		<li>
> 			<a href="{url}">
> 				<xsl:value-of select="name"/>
> 			</a>
> 		</li>
> 		<xsl:apply-templates select="menu"/>

This xsl:apply-templates should be inside the above li element, right after
the a element. That way you get valid XHTML.

Cheers,

Jarno