On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Peter Lind <peter.e.lind@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 6 October 2010 15:21, Andy McKenzie <amckenzie4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On 10-10-06 08:52 AM, Peter Lind wrote: >>>> >>>> Where exactly do you get the part about double quotes from? Can't seem >>>> to locate it in the any of the relevant specs (xhtml or xml). Also, >>>> never seen an xml or xhtml validator choke on single quotes. >>> >>> http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#h-4.2 >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Rob. >> >> I don't see that it explicitly states a requirement for double quotes >> there -- it certainly implies it, but the text never says anything >> about either double-quotes being required or single-quotes being >> disallowed. >> >> Full text: "All attribute values must be quoted, even those which >> appear to be numeric." >> >> Is there a statement somewhere in the document that says quotes are >> always double-quotes? > > No, there isn't. Both single quotes and double quotes are allowed for > attributes in both XML and XHTML. What makes you think it's implied > that double quotes are the only allowed form of quotes? > > Regards > Peter > Double quotes are the only example given: in most documentation if there are two allowed forms, there are two examples, or at least a note in the text. I haven't read enough of this particular document to know if they follow that form, but I've certainly seen it a lot of places. -Alex -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
