From nev@nevilley.demon.co.uk Fri Feb  5 08:37:22 2010
From: nev@nevilley.demon.co.uk
To: main@lists.alug.org.uk
Subject:
 Re: [ALUG] HTML embedded scripting,	is it really this much of a kludge?
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:21:57 +0000
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Please excuse the brief reply but I don't have good access to email from here!

have a look at this web site.
http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp

they have tutorials on javascript, html, php, xhtml etc etc.
they also appear to be the keepers of the standards!

nev

cl(a)isbd.net wrote:
> I've been trying to find out the rules about embedded scripting in
> HTML, things like PHP and JavaScript.  It seems like it doesn't really
> have any rules!
> 
> Part of the problem is that Google makes it impossible to search for
> anything other than alphanumerics so you can't search for things like
> <SCRIPT> or <?php.  So, first question, is there *any* way now that
> Google rules the world to search for things like this?
> 
> Moving on, how can one find what *actually* works inside a <SCRIPT>
> section in HTML?  Is it only javascript that really works there in
> 'most' browsers or are there other possibilities?
> 
> The other question is how does <?php work at all?  I can't find
> anything that documents how or why it should allow PHP to do things.
> I'm maybe missing something obvious but given Google's total inability
> to look for such things doing any sort or searching is a bit difficult.
> I have O'Reilly books on HTML and PHP but neither of them really
> addresses how this works.
> 
> I do realise that <SCRIPT> starts client side scripting so is limited
> by what's implemented in browsers, however it is at least a 'proper'
> HTML element.  <?xxx seems more of a bodge, is it actually a bodge or
> is there some smeantic/syntactic logic to it?
> 
> -- 
> Chris Green
> 
> 
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