Validating PHP files (W3)

geeza · 9 Jan 2007 at 13:38

One of the criteria for my assignment is to have validated web pages. Neally all of my pages are php though. Is there a way to validate php files through W3schools? (pages contain php, xhtml, css and a very samll amount of dhtml)

Mickey · 9 Jan 2007 at 13:40

geeza said:
One of the criteria for my assignment is to have validated web pages. Neally all of my pages are php though. Is there a way to validate php files through W3schools? (pages contain php, xhtml, css and a very samll amount of dhtml)

You validate the output of your scripts, not the scripts themselves.

geeza · 9 Jan 2007 at 13:56

Mickey said:
You validate the output of your scripts, not the scripts themselves.

are right, thanks. How would I go about doing this? I have pages for things like allowing customers to register, login and view/sort products. Also admin pages for editing and adding products which 'customers' can then view

elkdanger · 9 Jan 2007 at 13:58

Here's a Sitewide validator that will validate all the pages that are linked to on your site.

For validating single pages, stick your link in here and check the results.

Gman · 9 Jan 2007 at 14:11

geeza said:
are right, thanks. How would I go about doing this? I have pages for things like allowing customers to register, login and view/sort products. Also admin pages for editing and adding products which 'customers' can then view

if you trying to validate 'admin' pages that are behind some sort of login either session based or htaccess then I think your only option is to remove the login validation then do the validation tests. But on the plus side if your tutor tries to validate the pages themselves they'll have the same problem and I doubt they'd go to the trouble of removing the login/security just to validate it so you'll probably get away with it

also the "Sitewide validator" mentioned above does have some issues when validating strick doc types i've noticed, game me a load of pointless errors relating to the user of "/" for closing input tags on forms.

Dj_Jestar · 9 Jan 2007 at 14:19

right click > view source > ctrl+a > ctrl+c > http://validator.w3.org > ctrl+v (into direct input box) > enter

toString · 9 Jan 2007 at 14:21

Or just view your pages and goto view->Source and then copy and paste that code into the validator.
I do that all the time when working on http://localhost/

Edit: damn

geeza · 9 Jan 2007 at 14:35

thanks all, wasnt expecting this many replies. Its hosted internally on the uni network but I didnt see the direct input box on W3 site.

Problem solved (though Im just going to validate the index page and it has 13 errors)

Dj_Jestar · 9 Jan 2007 at 15:50

Just fix the first error, then revalidate. A lot of the time the subsequent errors are falloff from the first.

LazyManc · 9 Jan 2007 at 15:59

For those using the Firefox web developer toolbar (and if you're not, why not!?), there's a handy shortcut (ctrl+shift+a) which will send your generated code to the validator.

Mickey · 9 Jan 2007 at 16:31

LazyManc said:
For those using the Firefox web developer toolbar (and if you're not, why not!?), there's a handy shortcut (ctrl+shift+a) which will send your generated code to the validator.

Or you could just install the validator extensions

LazyManc · 9 Jan 2007 at 16:52

Which one would you recommend?

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=firefox+validator&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

Mickey · 9 Jan 2007 at 16:55

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/249/

and

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/887/

geeza · 9 Jan 2007 at 17:14

quick way if theres errors. paste a picture saying valid xhtml page with a link to the w3 validate page. tutor wouldnt be able to see the code anyway.

ha ha