[PHP] why is html code written like this? hr /

When I learned html it was always written like this: /hr now I see people write it like this: hr /... why? - Victor www.argilent.com __ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- PHP General Mailing List

Re: [PHP] why is html code written like this? hr /

: Monday, September 02, 2002 12:16 PM Subject: [PHP] why is html code written like this? hr / When I learned html it was always written like this: /hr now I see people write it like this: hr /... why? - Victor www.argilent.com

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PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] why is html code written like this? hr / thats xhtml - it's xml comliant html. tags must be closed so a tag like hr which didn't have a closing tag is written hr / so,for example in php the nl2br() function now produces br / instead of the old br - Original Message

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PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] why is html code written like this? hr / thats xhtml - it's xml comliant html. tags must be closed so a tag like hr which didn't have a closing tag is written hr / so,for example in php the nl2br() function now produces br / instead of the old br