Posted by abracad_1999 on 07/18/06 23:09

Is it possible to serve valid xhtml with php?

xhtml requires the 1st line:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
But php interprets the opening <? as a php statement.

If I try to echo this in PHP:
<?php
echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>';
?>
The closing ?> of the xhtml bit is interpreted as closing the php.
Thus:
'; ?>
is displayed in the browser.

Any way around this?

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