Net Mechanic free for up to 5 pages spellchecker browser check image check link check load time calculations I've used it for many years. http://www.netmechanic.com/toolbox/html-code.htm Mark Cain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Lynch" <ceo@xxxxxxxxx> To: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 5:16 PM Subject: What Works Works Validator > This is OT in that it's more about HTML than PHP, but solutions involving > PHP would be particularly welcome. > > After playing with the W3C validator again for an hour or so... > > The thing is, I really want to be backwards compatible with ancient > browsers. Like, REALLY ancient. > > Like, say, going back as far as 3.0 browsers. > > So, relying on CSS to do my layout is a non-option. It's just not there. > > But I LIKE the idea of having HTML validated to catch tag imbalance, typos > in attributes, and maybe even layout problems in weird versions of > browsers (eg Netscape 4.7 or IE on the Mac). > > I don't really want to be compatible with the W3C standards, however, > since the penalty is layout that just plain doesn't work in ancient > browsers. > > For example, I simply can't validate with a 100% height table, but that's > the only way to get the layout I want on both ancient and current > browsers. > > Does anybody know of a "What Works Works Validator" which checks for > maxiumum browser compatibility rather than the W3C standard? > > Or even just some tools that check HTML tag balancing, and maybe > spell-check attributes. It has to be post-PHP URL-based on not IDE/editor > based, unless there's a PHP interpreter built into the editor to figure > out the HTML I'm spitting out... > > Failing all that, does anybody know a non-CSS way to get a table to be > 100% tall so I can get rid of this last error? > > Or, perhaps, a way between JavaScript and PHP to calculate how much > white-space I need to make a spacer image to be the right height? > > Or... > > PS > Please let's not start a flame war about browser versions, browser makers, > standards-compliance, etc. > > You can do whatever you want ; I just happen to believe that backwards > compatibility is more important than compliance with standards that aren't > even implemented correctly at this time. > > So if your answer doesn't actually match my question, just hit "delete" > Thanks. > > -- > Like Music? > http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
