Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.lang.php Subject: Re: Is it legitimate to have a continuous TABLE through multiple FORMs? Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:31:07 +0200 Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <37fbe654-ae59-483e-9c08-dbe419b74088@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net ZAysOXSd3xss0+hKSyQDqQPHrv3Om9dO96YZvtBzbfun5QZR3Y Cancel-Lock: sha1:0FED+IxzHkElbcWX/xzG12EwWu8= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.php:17902 On 26.04.19 11:20, R.Wieser wrote: > Dan, > >> I was just trying to find out if extending a table across multiple >> forms is some kind of allowed exception to normal practices. > > As shown by Arno and me, that fully depends on the definition of "normal > practices". His approach is a theoretical one, while mine is a bit more > pragmatic. > > According to W3 it is not allowed. But (as already proven by your > pre-refactoring webpage) it works on most major browsers (a "guess" I can > hazard, otherwise your question would have been rather different). This is not a matter of personal taste or "theoretical approach". HTML is a technical standard. The fact that browser try to cope with invalid documents does not mean that this is a good practice which should not be avoided. -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de