Re: Encoding for W3C Validation

On Aug 3, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Sebastian Ewert wrote: > Ashley Sheridan wrote: >> On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 15:00 -0400, Rick Dwyer wrote: >> >>> On Aug 3, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Sebastian Ewert wrote: >>> >>>> Rick Dwyer wrote: >>>>> Hello List. >>>>> >>>>> In the Alt section of the IMG tag below, the variable $myitem has a value of >>>>> "Who's There". >>>>> >>>>> echo "<div class='myclass'><a href='#' >>>>> class='color_thumb'> <img src='/itemimages/$mypic' alt='$myitem' >>>>> width='60' .... >>>>> >>>>> When running through W3C validator, the line errors out because of the " >>>>> ' " in "Who's". >>>>> I tried: >>>>> $myitem=(htmlentities($myitem)); >>>>> >>>>> But this has no affect on "Who's". >>>>> >>>>> What's the best way to code this portion so the apostrophe is handled >>>>> correctly? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> TIA, >>>>> >>>>> --Rick >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Use it >>>> >>>> >>>> echo '<div class="myclass"><a href="#" >>>> class="color_thumb"> <img >>>> src="/itemimages/'.$mypic.'" >>>> alt="'.$myitem.'" width="60" ....' >>> >>> Thanks Sebastian. >>> >>> In the above, what is the function of the period in front of $myitem? >>> >>> --Rick >>> >>> >> >> >> It is a string concatenation in PHP. But, as my last email on this >> thread shows, you only need to add ENT_QUOTES to your htmlentities() >> call and everything will work. >> >> Thanks, >> Ash >> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >> >> >> > > > If you use single quotes you can't use variables inside the string. You > have to combine strings and variables or two strings with a dot. > > echo 'foo'.$bar; > > http://www.php.net/manual/de/language.types.string.php > > I'm not shure but I think to validate xhtml you need the double quotes. Problem I'm having is I've inherited a PHP page that contains sections of PHP/Javascript/HTML/CSS all inside of a PHP echo tag. My PHP and JS skill are rudimentary at best so when it comes to a block of code 40 to 50 lines in length, it becomes daunting to reverse the ' with ". Each echo block starts with a " and the html inside uses a '. JS also uses '. Below is an actual block in more detail with JS in it. Is it still recommended to switch with " with ' and ' with "? --Rick echo " <p>Click on a picture to view that color:</p>"; If (trim($pic_1) <> "") {echo "<div class='proddetailpics'><a href='#' class='color_thumb'> <img src='/imagedir/$pic_1' alt='$itemgroup $itemsubgroup' width='60' height='60' onclick=MM_swapImage('prodimage','','/imagedir/$pic_1',0) border='0' /></a></div>";} If (trim($pic_2) <> "") {echo "<div class='proddetailpics'><a href='#' class='color_thumb'> <img src='/imagedir/$pic_2' alt='$itemgroup $itemsubgroup' width='60' height='60' onclick=MM_swapImage('prodimage','','/imagedir/$pic_2',0) border='0' /></a></div>";} If (trim($pic_3) <> "") {echo "<div class='proddetailpics'><a href='#' class='color_thumb'> <img src='/imagedir/$pic_3' alt='$itemgroup $itemsubgroup' width='60' height='60' onclick=MM_swapImage('prodimage','','/imagedir/$pic_3',0) border='0' /></a></div>";} If (trim($pic_4) <> "") {echo "<div class='proddetailpics'><a href='#' class='color_thumb'> <img src='/imagedir/$pic_4' alt='$itemgroup $itemsubgroup' width='60' height='60' onclick=MM_swapImage('prodimage','','/imagedir/$pic_4',0) border='0' /></a></div>";} If (trim($pic_5) <> "") {echo "<div class='proddetailpics'><a href='#' class='color_thumb'> <img src='/imagedir/$pic_5' alt='$itemgroup $itemsubgroup' width='60' height='60' onclick=MM_swapImage('prodimage','','/imagedir/$pic_5',0) border='0' /></a></div>";} If (trim($pic_6) <> "") {echo "<div class='proddetailpics'><a href='#' class='color_thumb'> <img src='/imagedir/$pic_6' alt='$itemgroup $itemsubgroup' width='60' height='60' onclick=MM_swapImage('prodimage','','/imagedir/$pic_6',0) border='0' /></a></div>";} If (trim($pic_7) <> "") {echo "<div class='proddetailpics'><a href='#' class='color_thumb'> <img src='/imagedir/$pic_7' alt='$itemgroup $itemsubgroup' width='60' height='60' onclick=MM_swapImage('prodimage','','/imagedir/$pic_7',0) border='0' /></a></div>";} If (trim($pic_8) <> "") {echo "<div class='proddetailpics'><a href='#' class='color_thumb'> <img src='/imagedir/$pic_8' alt='$itemgroup $itemsubgroup' width='60' height='60' onclick=MM_swapImage('prodimage','','/imagedir/$pic_8',0) border='0' /></a></div>";} }