Posted by "Satyam" on 06/30/05 18:29

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@emery.homelinux.net> wrote in message
news:20050630085056.jnpvxz2xn14cwkco@www.emery.homelinux.net...
> 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

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