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title: <xsl:processing-instruction>
slug: Web/XSLT/Element/processing-instruction

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The <xsl:processing-instruction> element writes a processing instruction to the output document.

Syntax

<xsl:processing-instruction name=NAME> TEMPLATE </xsl:processing-instruction>

Required Attributes

• name

  • : Specifies the name of this processing instruction.

Optional Attributes

None.

Type

Instruction, appears within a template.

Defined

XSLT, section 7.3

Gecko support

Supported.