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Adding condition in href string in XSLT

Hi,

I need help in XSLT.

In my XSLT, I have many links in href previously.
For sme reason I need to move entire web app to virtual folder.

Now, I have to place another variable before all href link with
{$virtualFolderPath}
so, previously, link was
{//web/menu[@title='Contact Us']/@url}

Now after modifying link become as below
{$virtualFolderPath}{//web/menu[@title='Contact Us']/@url}

Sample XSLT code below:
<xsl:if test="//web/menu[@title = 'Contact Us']">
<a href="{$virtualFolderPath}{//web/menu[@title='Contact Us']/@url}" class="dropdown-toggle main-links">Contact Us</a>
</xsl:if>

Problem Statement:

If link is full link like:
http://www.somewebapp.com/somepage
then href link become
/b2chttp://www.somewebapp.com/somepage
as path in
{$virtualFolderPath} is /b2c

How should I fix so that if URL starts from
http://
then do not add my path:
{$virtualFolderPath}
and URL should be direct

Please guide.

Gertone (Geert Bormans)

There a lot of different options, here is the one that works in XSLT1.0 also

create the attribute with an xsl:attribute and have the conditional inside

Note that I made a choose, so you can have more conditions such as https:// etc...

        <xsl:if test="//web/menu[@title = 'Contact Us']">
            <a class="dropdown-toggle main-links">
                <xsl:attribute name="href">
                    <xsl:choose>
                        <xsl:when test="starts-with(//web/menu[@title='Contact Us']/@url, 'http://')"></xsl:when>
                        <xsl:when test="starts-with(//web/menu[@title='Contact Us']/@url, 'https://')"></xsl:when>
                        <xsl:when test="starts-with(//web/menu[@title='Contact Us']/@url, 'ftp://')"></xsl:when>
                        <xsl:otherwise>
                            <xsl:value-of select="$virtualFolderPath"/>
                        </xsl:otherwise>
                    </xsl:choose>
                </xsl:attribute>
                <xsl:value-of select="//web/menu[@title='Contact Us']/@url"/>
                <xsl:text>Contact Us</xsl:text>
            </a>
        </xsl:if>

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Gertone (Geert Bormans)

That is a lot more robust

Dinesh Bali

ASKER

Many Many Thanks for your help.

Gertone (Geert Bormans)

welcome