My XSLT Variable doesn't load in template

December 27, 2021

So I’m trying to create a variable and then later on use this in my template.

This is the code I have now:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="items">
  <xsl:call-template name="item" />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="item">
  <xsl:for-each select="item">
    <xsl:variable name="currentItemTheme">
      test variable
    </xsl:variable>
    <xsl:if test="title = name">
      Showvariable: {$currentItemTheme} <br/>
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

I have no idea why it doesn’t work. My file does output the "Showvariable: ", but it just doesn’t show the test values. So the for-each loops and template aren’t the problem.

Is there something I’m missing? Does someone know how I get this to work?

>Solution :

I think you want <xsl:value-of select="$currentItemTheme"/> instead of {$currentItemTheme}, unless you are mixing the XSLT code with some other language that provides the {$currentItemTheme} syntax.

<xsl:copy-of select="$currentItemTheme"/> is another option if you build nodes in your variable and want to output them instead of just the string value as a text node.