Re^2: How to validate the form in CGI

Look over the source for properly formed and valid HTML.

But don't just eyeball it. There are tools to test it for you that are far less likely to miss things.

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Re^3: How to validate the form in CGI by jhourcle (Prior) on Mar 08, 2005 at 16:02 UTC
Good point -- I shouldn't assume that everyone's using an editor that does syntax highlighting and validation. Some of the browsers have syntax coloring builtin when you view source, and there are a few that have built-in validators (iCab comes to mind). I've personally reset my source viewer with my text editor (BBEdit, as I'm a mac user). For those who haven't been writing HTML for more than a decade (damned `<br>` tag -- should've just made `<address>` preserve line endings) Anyway, there is a validation add-on for Mozilla, and there are even some validators in CPAN, like HTML::Validator and HTML::Tidy	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: How to validate the form in CGI
by jhourcle (Prior) on Mar 08, 2005 at 16:02 UTC

Good point -- I shouldn't assume that everyone's using an editor that does syntax highlighting and validation.

Some of the browsers have syntax coloring builtin when you view source, and there are a few that have built-in validators (iCab comes to mind). I've personally reset my source viewer with my text editor (BBEdit, as I'm a mac user). For those who haven't been writing HTML for more than a decade (damned <br> tag -- should've just made <address> preserve line endings)

Anyway, there is a validation add-on for Mozilla, and there are even some validators in CPAN, like HTML::Validator and HTML::Tidy

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