Re: [PHP] Encoding for W3C Validation

On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 15:32 -0400, Rick Dwyer wrote:

> 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>";}	  
> 	  }
> 
> 


That's some damn ugly code that I'd consider putting in a loop right
away!

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk