JS not validating????

Radnor · 01-15-2006, 11:55 AM

OK I have a little javascript in a page and this will not pass as XHTML transitional....

Code:

<script>
    document.write('something<br />something else<br />and a little more...');
</script>

when I go to validate it, it is choking on the <BR /> tag.

Radnor · 01-22-2006, 11:42 AM

BUMP.... anyone?

Michael Allison · 01-22-2006, 01:22 PM

I have no clue why that doesn't work... JS is not my strong suit, sorry.

Radnor · 01-22-2006, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael Allison

I have no clue why that doesn't work... JS is not my strong suit, sorry.

Thanks for at least having a look. The JS is fine, I just wanted to know what the validators had an issue with it.

Michael Allison · 01-22-2006, 04:39 PM

What validator? W3C? Or Tidy?

paranoidandroid · 01-22-2006, 05:53 PM

Not sure if this will help but...

I created a page (see code below) with your above code in and ran it through a html tidy app, then tested it at w3c.org and it validates XHTML 1.0 Strict.

As you will see it has altered a few things -

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>

  <script type="text/javascript">
  //<![CDATA[
    document.write('something<br />something else<br />and a little more...');
  //]]>
  </script>

  <title></title>
</head>

<body>
</body>
</html>

let me know if this helps, or if you find out the problem would like to know what was causing it.

Radnor · 01-22-2006, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael Allison

What validator? W3C? Or Tidy?

I was using W3C and using XHTML transitional

Radnor · 01-22-2006, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paranoidandroid

Not sure if this will help but...

I created a page (see code below) with your above code in and ran it through a html tidy app, then tested it at w3c.org and it validates XHTML 1.0 Strict.

let me know if this helps, or if you find out the problem would like to know what was causing it.

One thing I did not do, I did not have it defined in the head section as you did. I had a condition and needed to print one of two things out in the body. Was thinking about a conversion to PHP, but did not wat to do that.... Call me lazy....

Radnor · 01-22-2006, 09:01 PM

paranoidandroid,

Thanks for the info!!! I tried the validation with the script in the head and again in the body section - both passed! Then I removed "//<![CDATA[" tag, it failed! So, I need to find out more on this and it's proper use.

Thanks again!

Eran-s · 01-23-2006, 11:32 AM

Use that code, it's working for me:

PHP Code:


		
			
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"

    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">



<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>



  <script type="text/javascript">

    <!--

    document.write('something<br />something else<br />and a little more...');

    -->

  </script>



  <title></title>

</head>



<body>

</body>

</html>

Radnor · 01-23-2006, 11:58 AM

Eran-s,

Thanks for the input on this too. I just sent it to the validator, it passed. Sent it again as transitional, it passed. Removed the comment tags after and before the script tags, it FAILED! So, I think we finally figured out why.

Thanks to everyone who helped in solving this!

Eran-s · 01-23-2006, 12:07 PM

No problem,
I will explain why it passed - because the validator see the tags "" and ignore the text on it.

Good luck =]