validating my code, problems with doctype

wright67uk · June 27, 2011

Im running my source code (generated from the two scripts below) the first script doesnt validate and I get the follwing message;

name character invalid: only delimiter ">", delimiter "[", "CDATA", "NDATA", "SDATA" and parameter separators are allowed

…ml1/DTD/xhtml1-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" …

The second script is using the same doctype but validates fine. Any ideas why?

first page (not validating) is http://www.1pw.co.uk/VALETING.php?title=TITLE GOES HERE&subtype=VALETING

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<?php 
  include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/include/db.php');
?>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</style>
<link href="header.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
<!--
p.link {
margin-top:0px;
padding:0px;
color:#3F3;
}
a.default {
text-decoration: underline;
}
-->
</style></head>
<body>
<div id="bodywrap">
<div id="banner">
<div id="bannerleft"></div>
<div id="logo"><img src="i-stevenage.png" height="100%" width="100%" alt="I-stevenage"/></div>
<div id="bannerright"><div id="navbar" title="">	 
						 <div id="b1"><p class="centre"><a href="b.php">Directory</a></p></div>
    					 	 <div id="b2"><p class="centre"><a href="newbusiness.php">Add Your Business</a></p></div>
   						 	 <div id="b3"><p class="centre"><a href="contact.html">Contact Us</a></p></div>
    	</div><!-- end of navbar-->
</div><!--end of bannerright-->
</div><!-- end of banner-->
<div id="listhold">
<?php
$subtype = $_GET['subtype'];
$subtype = ucwords (strtolower($subtype));
echo "<h1>$subtype</h1>";

$query = "SELECT name, phone, email, WebAddress, postcode FROM business WHERE subtype ='$subtype' AND confirmed ='Yes' ORDER BY name";
if( $result = mysql_query($query) ) {
echo mysql_error();
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result) ) {
	foreach( $row as $k => $v ) {
		if( empty($v) ) {
			unset($row[$k]);
		}
	}
	if( !empty($row['postcode']) ) {
		$row['postcode_link'] = 
		"<p class='link'><a href='/gmap.php?
		&name=" . urlencode($row['name']) . "
		&phone=" . urlencode($row['phone']) . "
		&postcode=" . urlencode($row['postcode']) . "'>Map</a></p><br />";
	}
	echo implode( '<br />', $row);
}
}
?>
</div></div><!--end of bodywrap-->
</body>
</html>

b.php (validates fine)

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<?php 
  include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/include/db.php');
?>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
-->
</style>
<link href="header.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="a.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head><body>

<div id="bodywrap">
<div id="banner">
<div id="bannerleft"></div>
<div id="logo"><img src="i-stevenage.png" height="100%" width="100%" alt="I-stevenage"/></div>
<div id="bannerright"><div id="navbar" title="">	 
						 <div id="b1"><p class="centre"><a href="b.php">Directory</a></p></div>
    					 	 <div id="b2"><p class="centre"><a href="newbusiness.php">Add Your Business</a></p></div>
   						 	 <div id="b3"><p class="centre"><a href="contact.html">Contact Us</a></p></div>
    	</div><!-- end of navbar-->
</div><!--end of bannerright-->
</div><!-- end of banner-->

<div id="wrapper">
<div id="listhold">

<!-- Next Catergory -->
<div class="list"><h1>Cars and Travel</h1>
<?php
$title ="TITLE GOES HERE";
$query = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT subtype FROM business WHERE type ='Cars and Travel' AND confirmed ='Yes' ORDER BY name");
echo mysql_error();
while($ntx=mysql_fetch_row($query)) $nt[] = $ntx[0];
$i = -1;
foreach($nt as $value)
{$i++;
$FileName = str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php";
$FileUsed = str_replace('_',' ',$nt[$i]);
echo "<a href='" . str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php?title=$title&subtype=$FileUsed'>"  . ucwords(strtolower (($nt[$i]))) . "</a>" . "<br/>";
$FileHandle = fopen($FileName, 'w') or die("cant open file");
$pageContents = file_get_contents("header.php");
fwrite($FileHandle,"$pageContents");}
fclose($FileHandle);
?>
<h1>Legal</h1>
<?php
$nt = array();
$title ="TITLE GOES HERE";
$query = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT subtype FROM business WHERE type ='Legal' AND confirmed ='Yes' ORDER BY name");
echo mysql_error();
while($ntx=mysql_fetch_row($query)) $nt[] = $ntx[0];
$i = -1;
foreach($nt as $value)
{$i++;
$FileName = str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php";
$FileUsed = str_replace('_',' ',$nt[$i]);
echo "<a href='" . str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php?title=$title&subtype=$FileUsed'>"  . ucwords(strtolower (($nt[$i]))) . "</a>" . "<br/>";
$FileHandle = fopen($FileName, 'w') or die("cant open file");
$pageContents = file_get_contents("header.php");
fwrite($FileHandle,"$pageContents");}
fclose($FileHandle);
?>
<h1>Retail</h1>
<?php
$nt = array();
$title ="TITLE GOES HERE";
$query = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT subtype FROM business WHERE type ='Retail' AND confirmed ='Yes' ORDER BY name");
echo mysql_error();
while($ntx=mysql_fetch_row($query)) $nt[] = $ntx[0];
$i = -1;
foreach($nt as $value)
{$i++;
$FileName = str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php";
$FileUsed = str_replace('_',' ',$nt[$i]);
echo "<a href='" . str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php?title=$title&subtype=$FileUsed'>"  . ucwords(strtolower (($nt[$i]))) . "</a>" . "<br/>";
$FileHandle = fopen($FileName, 'w') or die("cant open file");
$pageContents = file_get_contents("header.php");
fwrite($FileHandle,"$pageContents");}
fclose($FileHandle);
?>
<h1>Hygene</h1>
<?php
$nt = array();
$title ="TITLE GOES HERE";
$query = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT subtype FROM business WHERE type ='Hygene' AND confirmed ='Yes' ORDER BY name");
echo mysql_error();
while($ntx=mysql_fetch_row($query)) $nt[] = $ntx[0];
$i = -1;
foreach($nt as $value)
{$i++;
$FileName = str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php";
$FileUsed = str_replace('_',' ',$nt[$i]);
echo "<a href='" . str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php?title=$title&subtype=$FileUsed'>"  . ucwords(strtolower (($nt[$i]))) . "</a>" . "<br/>";
$FileHandle = fopen($FileName, 'w') or die("cant open file");
$pageContents = file_get_contents("header.php");
fwrite($FileHandle,"$pageContents");}
fclose($FileHandle);
?>	
<h1>Refuse</h1>
<?php
$nt = array();
$title ="TITLE GOES HERE";
$query = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT subtype FROM business WHERE type ='Refuse' AND confirmed ='Yes' ORDER BY name");
echo mysql_error();
while($ntx=mysql_fetch_row($query)) $nt[] = $ntx[0];
$i = -1;
foreach($nt as $value)
{$i++;
$FileName = str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php";
$FileUsed = str_replace('_',' ',$nt[$i]);
echo "<a href='" . str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php?title=$title&subtype=$FileUsed'>"  . ucwords(strtolower (($nt[$i]))) . "</a>" . "<br/>";
$FileHandle = fopen($FileName, 'w') or die("cant open file");
$pageContents = file_get_contents("header.php");
fwrite($FileHandle,"$pageContents");}
fclose($FileHandle);
?>	
</div><!--end of list  -->






<div class="list"><h1>Skilled Trades</h1>
<?php
$nt = array();
$title ="TITLE GOES HERE";
$query = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT subtype FROM business WHERE type ='Skilled Trades' AND confirmed ='Yes' ORDER BY subtype");
echo mysql_error();
while($ntx=mysql_fetch_row($query)) $nt[] = $ntx[0];
$i = -1;
foreach ($nt as $value)
{$i++;
$FileName = str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php";
$FileUsed = str_replace('_',' ',$nt[$i]);
echo "<a href='" . str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php?title=$title&subtype=$FileUsed'>"  . ucwords(strtolower (($nt[$i]))) . "</a>" . "<br/>";
$FileHandle = fopen($FileName, 'w') or die("cant open file");
$pageContents = file_get_contents("header.php");
fwrite($FileHandle,"$pageContents");}
fclose($FileHandle);
?>
</div>
<!--end of list-->





<div class="list">
<h1>Care</h1>
<?php
$nt = array();
$title ="TITLE GOES HERE";
$query = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT subtype FROM business WHERE type ='Care' AND confirmed ='Yes' ORDER BY subtype");
echo mysql_error();
while($ntx=mysql_fetch_row($query)) $nt[] = $ntx[0];
$i = -1;
foreach ($nt as $value)
{$i++;
$FileName = str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php";
$FileUsed = str_replace('_',' ',$nt[$i]);
echo "<a href='" . str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php?title=$title&subtype=$FileUsed'>"  . ucwords(strtolower (($nt[$i]))) . "</a>" . "<br/>";
$FileHandle = fopen($FileName, 'w') or die("cant open file");
$pageContents = file_get_contents("header.php");
fwrite($FileHandle,"$pageContents");}
fclose($FileHandle);
?>
<h1>Education</h1>
<?php
$nt = array();
$title ="TITLE GOES HERE";
$query = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT subtype FROM business WHERE type ='education' AND confirmed ='Yes' ORDER BY subtype");
echo mysql_error();
while($ntx=mysql_fetch_row($query)) $nt[] = $ntx[0];
$i = -1;
foreach ($nt as $value)
{$i++;
$FileName = str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php";
$FileUsed = str_replace('_',' ',$nt[$i]);
echo "<a href='" . str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php?title=$title&subtype=$FileUsed'>"  . ucwords(strtolower (($nt[$i]))) . "</a>" . "<br/>";
$FileHandle = fopen($FileName, 'w') or die("cant open file");
$pageContents = file_get_contents("header.php");
fwrite($FileHandle,"$pageContents");}
fclose($FileHandle);
?>
<h1>Financial</h1>
<?php
$nt = array();
$title ="TITLE GOES HERE";
$query = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT subtype FROM business WHERE type ='financial' AND confirmed ='Yes' ORDER BY subtype");
echo mysql_error();
while($ntx=mysql_fetch_row($query)) $nt[] = $ntx[0];
$i = -1;
foreach ($nt as $value)
{$i++;
$FileName = str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php";
$FileUsed = str_replace('_',' ',$nt[$i]);
echo "<a href='" . str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php?title=$title&subtype=$FileUsed'>"  . ucwords(strtolower (($nt[$i]))) . "</a>" . "<br/>";
$FileHandle = fopen($FileName, 'w') or die("cant open file");
$pageContents = file_get_contents("header.php");
fwrite($FileHandle,"$pageContents");}
fclose($FileHandle);
?>
<h1>Home and Garden</h1>
<?php
$nt = array();
$title ="TITLE GOES HERE";
$query = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT subtype FROM business WHERE type ='home and garden' AND confirmed ='Yes' ORDER BY subtype");
echo mysql_error();
while($ntx=mysql_fetch_row($query)) $nt[] = $ntx[0];
$i = -1;
foreach ($nt as $value)
{$i++;
$FileName = str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php";
$FileUsed = str_replace('_',' ',$nt[$i]);
echo "<a href='" . str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php?title=$title&subtype=$FileUsed'>"  . ucwords(strtolower (($nt[$i]))) . "</a>" . "<br/>";
$FileHandle = fopen($FileName, 'w') or die("cant open file");
$pageContents = file_get_contents("header.php");
fwrite($FileHandle,"$pageContents");}
fclose($FileHandle);
?>
<h1>Wellbeing</h1>
<?php
$nt = array();
$title ="TITLE GOES HERE";
$query = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT subtype FROM business WHERE type ='Wellbeing' AND confirmed ='Yes' ORDER BY subtype");
echo mysql_error();
while($ntx=mysql_fetch_row($query)) $nt[] = $ntx[0];
$i = -1;
foreach ($nt as $value)
{$i++;
$FileName = str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php";
$FileUsed = str_replace('_',' ',$nt[$i]);
echo "<a href='" . str_replace(' ','_',$nt[$i]) . ".php?title=$title&subtype=$FileUsed'>"  . ucwords(strtolower (($nt[$i]))) . "</a>" . "<br/>";
$FileHandle = fopen($FileName, 'w') or die("cant open file");
$pageContents = file_get_contents("header.php");
fwrite($FileHandle,"$pageContents");}
fclose($FileHandle);
?>
</div><!--end of list-->
</div></div>
<div id="clear"></div>
</div><!--end of list hold-->
</body>
</html>

Alfa9 · June 27, 2011

Well I don't thing that the error comes from the doctype !

try the html validator and have it correct your html automaticly

http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_uri+with_options

manzanita · June 27, 2011

check ur html

from a quick view.. u have an extra </style>...... after title

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