Comments on: Valid characters in attribute names in HTML/XML http://www.razzed.com/2009/01/30/valid-characters-in-attribute-names-in-htmlxml/ Blunt Musings: Analytics, Search, Marketing, and Privacy. And other random thoughts. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:23:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Steve Krause http://www.razzed.com/2009/01/30/valid-characters-in-attribute-names-in-htmlxml/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Steve Krause Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:23:13 +0000 http://www.razzed.com/?p=118#comment-550 All well and good but the .(period) is getting converted to an _(underscore) on the POST array in PHP so that has to be taken into account when trying to match the name in the POST array. Probably worth including in the article. All well and good but the .(period) is getting converted to an _(underscore) on the POST array in PHP so that has to be taken into account when trying to match the name in the POST array. Probably worth including in the article.

]]> By: Lars http://www.razzed.com/2009/01/30/valid-characters-in-attribute-names-in-htmlxml/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Lars Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:35:38 +0000 http://www.razzed.com/?p=118#comment-404 Hell yeah, you just said what I always thought while looking for specs. It is exactly the opposite of their initial intention... I usually prefer to search the web for people (like u) who thankfully spend their time finding the right answer (for me). Once again, thank you! ;-) Hell yeah, you just said what I always thought while looking for specs. It is exactly the opposite of their initial intention… I usually prefer to search the web for people (like u) who thankfully spend their time finding the right answer (for me). Once again, thank you! ;-)

]]> By: uchikoma http://www.razzed.com/2009/01/30/valid-characters-in-attribute-names-in-htmlxml/comment-page-1/#comment-167 uchikoma Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:36:05 +0000 http://www.razzed.com/?p=118#comment-167 "When reading the W3C’s specifications, does anyone else have difficulty finding what you’re looking for?........" ANSWER W3C specs are obviously designed to make people go insane. I, for example, am a little egg.... “When reading the W3C’s specifications, does anyone else have difficulty finding what you’re looking for?……..”

ANSWER

W3C specs are obviously designed to make people go insane. I, for example, am a little egg….

]]> By: Peter http://www.razzed.com/2009/01/30/valid-characters-in-attribute-names-in-htmlxml/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Peter Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:39:13 +0000 http://www.razzed.com/?p=118#comment-139 ^[a-zA-Z_:][-a-zA-Z0-9_:.] else 3Desc is not false!!!! ^[a-zA-Z_:][-a-zA-Z0-9_:.] else 3Desc is not false!!!!

]]> By: Steve Heffernan http://www.razzed.com/2009/01/30/valid-characters-in-attribute-names-in-htmlxml/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Steve Heffernan Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:12:36 +0000 http://www.razzed.com/?p=118#comment-125 Thanks for finding that! Thanks for finding that!

]]> By: JP http://www.razzed.com/2009/01/30/valid-characters-in-attribute-names-in-htmlxml/comment-page-1/#comment-124 JP Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:09:18 +0000 http://www.razzed.com/?p=118#comment-124 This has changed to a significantly larger character set, I think (from http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-NameChar): [4] NameStartChar ::= ":" | [A-Z] | "_" | [a-z] | [#xC0-#xD6] | [#xD8-#xF6] | [#xF8-#x2FF] | [#x370-#x37D] | [#x37F-#x1FFF] | [#x200C-#x200D] | [#x2070-#x218F] | [#x2C00-#x2FEF] | [#x3001-#xD7FF] | [#xF900-#xFDCF] | [#xFDF0-#xFFFD] | [#x10000-#xEFFFF] [4a] NameChar ::= NameStartChar | "-" | "." | [0-9] | #xB7 | [#x0300-#x036F] | [#x203F-#x2040] This has changed to a significantly larger character set, I think (from http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-NameChar):
[4] NameStartChar ::= “:” | [A-Z] | “_” | [a-z] | [#xC0-#xD6] | [#xD8-#xF6] | [#xF8-#x2FF] | [#x370-#x37D] | [#x37F-#x1FFF] | [#x200C-#x200D] | [#x2070-#x218F] | [#x2C00-#x2FEF] | [#x3001-#xD7FF] | [#xF900-#xFDCF] | [#xFDF0-#xFFFD] | [#x10000-#xEFFFF]
[4a] NameChar ::= NameStartChar | “-” | “.” | [0-9] | #xB7 | [#x0300-#x036F] | [#x203F-#x2040]

]]> By: Doug Whitney http://www.razzed.com/2009/01/30/valid-characters-in-attribute-names-in-htmlxml/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Doug Whitney Wed, 06 May 2009 21:50:48 +0000 http://www.razzed.com/?p=118#comment-121 This is exactly what I is looking for, plus the regex to boot! Thanks for sharing. This is exactly what I is looking for, plus the regex to boot!

Thanks for sharing.

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