Some time ago I started working on something realted to this. I was very unsatisfied with managing HTML as just another string, since HTML does have a structure, which we should be able to check before releasing it, if possible, by the same IDE we program with. Perhaps you will want to check it: http://www.satyam.com.ar/StructuredTags.htm Satyam "Rick Emery" <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:20050630085056.jnpvxz2xn14cwkco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > And now for something completely different... > > I have a question that has been nagging at me. I've searched the archives, > FAQs, and web sites, but haven't found an answer. > > I have two ways that I've output HTML with PHP; one is to write the HTML, > using the PHP tags to execute code when necessary. The other is to store > the entire HTML output file in a string variable with concatenation and > call the print (or echo) function at the bottom to output the page. > > Are there advantages one way or the other? > > This leads (sort of) to a second question: how can I validate my HTML? My > applications run on an intranet (with database access), so I can't use the > W3C Validator to point to the URL. If I try to upload the file, the > validator doesn't parse the PHP to get the HTML output (which is why I > wonder if I'm not better writing the HTML and sticking PHP where it's > needed). Is there a way for me to maybe use the PHP tidy functions on the > string containing the HTML ouput to validate it? > > Thanks in advance, > Rick > -- > Rick Emery > > "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth > with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there > you will always long to return" > -- Leonardo Da Vinci -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
