[FX.php List] Bad apostrophe character confounds FMP

[Steve Winter]

Hi Jonathan,

They do have to be first, but they don't generate output to the browser... 

The very first thing which must be sent to the browser (as opposed to code
in the page) is the DOCTYPE declaration... In some files I have hundreds of
lines of php code before the DOCTYPE, it just needs to be the very first
thing that goes to the browser, so any php code you like can be before it...

One thing that you might find useful in this regard is to download and
install FireFox, along with the HTML Validator Add-on.. this provides you
with a list of all the errors, from a web-standards perspective, which occur
on your pages... the aim being zero... ;-)

Cheers
Steve

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Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Bad apostrophe character confounds FMP

Kevin,

Thanks.

Per an earlier post, this turned out to be the culprit. Thanks Troy.

Now about that standard...where does php fit into this?

The "other" standard says that ob_start() and session_start() have to 
be the very first lines in the code.

How do we do both?

Jonathan




At 8:44 AM +1100 12/11/07, Kevin Futter wrote:
>On 11/12/07 8:31 AM, "Troy Meyers" <tcmeyers at troymeyers.com> wrote:
>
>
>The DOCTYPE declaration should definitely be the first thing on the page;
>even preceding whitespace can confuse certain browsers under certain
>conditions. Anything preceding the DOCTYPE declaration invalidates the page
>(from a web standards point-of-view), but this doesn't directly affect the
>unicode issue. Most browsers will switch to quirks mode under those
>conditions, and then all bets are off as to how they handle things.
>
>It may not solve your current problem Jonathon, but it's definitely
>something you need to address to build a standards-compliant page.
>
>--
>Kevin Futter
>Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
>http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/

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