Re: [PHP] Quotes vs. Single Quote

At 9:09 AM -0400 8/6/10, Andrew Ballard wrote:
>On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:31 AM, tedd <[email protected]> wrote:
>>  While it may not be obvious, the statement:
>>
>  > <table border="1">
>>
>>  is flawed (IMO).
>>
>>  The "best" way to handle this is to define a class (or id) for the table in
>>  a css file and then set the border (i.e., styling) to whatever you want. For
>>  example, your HTML would look like:
>>
>>  <table class="my_table">
>>
>>  And your CSS would contain:
>>
>>  .my_table
>>    {
>>    border: 1px solid black;
>>    }
>>
>
>I more or less agree with you, but sometimes it's technically a little
>more difficult than that.
>
>-snip-
>
>As is often the case with CSS, that's a good bit more text to
>accomplish the same effect as an older, smaller attribute.  :-)
>
>Andrew

Andrew:

The problem you cite is well said and your point is well taken.

However, the main point I am making is to move this problem totally 
out of the HTML/PHP arena and place it where it belongs, which is 
inside CSS -- after it *is* a presentation problem.

IMO, it is *far* better to deal with browser comparability problems 
from one CSS file than it is to sort through all your PHP files 
looking for the phrase <table border="1">. From my experience, when 
you have a problem, it is always better to give it a name and deal 
with it from one location.

As for "older, smaller attributes", they are only getting older and 
their importance lessens with time (I can relate.) :-)

Cheers,

tedd

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