[FX.php List] Bad apostrophe character confounds FMP

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

Meta tag for Utf-8 does not have to be first, but in the html header

ggt

2007/12/10, Steve Winter <steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz>:
> 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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> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Schwartz
> Sent: Monday, 10 December 2007 9:57 p.m.
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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/
>
> --
> Jonathan Schwartz
> Exit 445 Group
> jonathan at exit445.com
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