Posted by boclair on 07/18/06 23:49

abracad_1999@yahoo.com wrote:
> 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?
>
Perhaps
<?php
.......
?>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>

Louise

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