Bug #7183 [Opn]: <a> tag cannot be self-closing

Edit report at http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=7183&edit=1 ID: 7183 Updated by: dufuz@php.net Reported By: pecl-bugs-2006 at ryandesign dot com Status: Open Id: 7183 Type: Bug Package: Web Site Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4.5 PPC PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: That's valid accourding to the w3c checker, so I think Safari is broken if anything. IIRC you can close tags like that in HTML if you don't have any content to put in but I might be wrong on that, but heck our page even validates with XHTML 1.1, which is very strict. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-03-23 10:07:43] pecl-bugs-2006 at ryandesign dot com Description: ------------ The source code of many (most? all?) pages on pecl.php.net contains this near the top: <div> <a id="TOP" /> </div> That's not permissible. It must read: <div> <a id="TOP"></a> </div> Doing it your way breaks Safari, which then considers the <a> tag to never have been closed, and causes all normal text throughout the rest of the page to be inside an <a> and to participate in ridiculous onmouseover effects like turning pink when you click anywhere on the page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=7183&edit=1