need help in php generating HTML

Question

I was learning to validate form data. When I had to write this:

"<"form method="post" action=""<"php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>"

but when I write this, in output, there is a "> showing at the top of the page. Why?

When you have a problem with what the browser is rendering, look first at the HTML — not the PHP which generates it — and use a markup validator. — Quentin
– Quentin, Commented Sep 2, 2014 at 6:31
<html> <body> <form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>"> Name: <input type="text" name="name"> E-mail: <input type="text" name="email"> Website: <input type="text" name="website"> Comment: <textarea name="comment" rows="5" cols="40"></textarea> Gender: <input type="radio" name="gender" value="female">Female <input type="radio" name="gender" value="male">Male </form> </body> </html> — Redwanul Haque Sourave
– Redwanul Haque Sourave, Commented Sep 2, 2014 at 6:35
@RedwanulSourav use that HTML as your PHP code and you will be fine. — jazZRo
– jazZRo, Commented Sep 2, 2014 at 6:46

Daniel Gasser · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-02 06:32:18Z

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Assuming, there is an echo or a print.Change this:

echo "form method="post" action=""<"php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>"

to this:

echo '<form method="post" action="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '">';

answered Sep 2, 2014 at 6:32

Daniel Gasser

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