Message-ID: <g1umdo$o99$1@registered.motzarella.org> from :Jerry:
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>"Geoff Berrow"  wrote in message 
>news:5mj544pd3cmu9vs4qmcaqrv5k799seeasj@4ax.com...
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>> Any php code has been interpreted on the server before the HTML ever
>> hits the validator.  The validator does not 'see' any php code at 
>> all.
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>Sorry (and I confess that I might just be terminally thick but), 
>that's got to be wrong, how else can a URL pass the required php 
>variables if it doesn't contain 'php code'? 
>

Because it's not 'php code'.  It's a URL in a webpage which should be
marked up properly - and that ia what the validator is trying to
enforce.  The fact that some browsers make a good job of displaying
badly formed URLs is just fortunate. (or not depending on your POV)

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