JavaScript Forum

**petre** · 10-05-2005, 05:30 PM

Helpppppppp,

I have to use "initialize" in "body" instead of "head" of a PHP file. I inserted the following in "body":

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
initialize('FrmRegister', 'lstCountry', 'lstState', 'lstCity', new Array('<?=$_SESSION['post']['lstCountry']?>'), new Array('<?=$_SESSION['post']['lstState']?>'), new Array('<?=$_SESSION['post']['lstCity']?>'));
</script>

and the page works fine. However, when I tested the page with a HTML validator for HTML 4.01 Transitional I got an error: The element "script" was found in a context where it is not allowed. This could mean that you have incorrectly nested elements -- such as a "style" element in the "body" section instead of inside "head" -- or two elements that overlap (which is not allowed). Insert "script" in "head".

Can you tell me what can I use instead of "script" to insert "initialize" in the "body"? I tried "body" but I got the same error.
Thx

**Tudor.b** · 10-06-2005, 03:34 AM

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html
     PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
     "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<title>Hello there</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
alert('Hello');
</script>
</body>
</html>

This code validates! the "language" attribute doesn`t exists in this DTD...

**petre** · 10-06-2005, 09:27 PM

Thanks. I tried it but i doesn't work. I still get the message that I am not allowed to have "script" in "body". And i can not move "script" in head because the form doesn't initilize!!!! Also the code doesn't validate!

**petre** · 10-09-2005, 09:11 PM

Can anybody else help me with this problem???
Thanks.

**Tudor.b** · 10-10-2005, 07:48 AM

Post the whole code here...

**ElectricSheep** · 10-10-2005, 04:50 PM

Have you tried making the code in to a function and calling it onload?

Put this JavaScript in to the <head>

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function init()
{
initialize('FrmRegister', 'lstCountry', 'lstState', 'lstCity', new Array('<?=$_SESSION['post']['lstCountry']?>'), new Array('<?=$_SESSION['post']['lstState']?>'), new Array('<?=$_SESSION['post']['lstCity']?>'));
}
</script>

Then change the <body> tag to

<body onload="init()">

**petre** · 10-13-2005, 05:23 PM

My script looks like:
<html>
<head>
<meta tags....................>
<script><...></script> - this script works OK
</head>

<body>
main code here
<script><........></script> - this is the script in question
main code here
</body>
</html>

When I try to validate the HTML I am told that <script> is not allowed within the <body>. When I move the <script> within the <head> with the other scripts, the code doesn't work.

I tried to replace <script> with <body> but in this case I have <body> within <body> and I get an error again.
What else shall i try?
Thanks.

**petre** · 10-13-2005, 05:45 PM

Hi, I also tried to replace <body> with <body onload...> and it worked. It passed the validation but now any time I open the page I get the error sign even if the code runs OK. When I remove "onload...." from <body> I do not get the message error any more (and of course the code doesn't run)
Any ideas?
Thanks.

**petre** · 10-13-2005, 06:01 PM

Hi, I did more test and when I replace <body> with <body onload...> it doesn't work if i choose a country that doesn't have states only country name and cities). It does work when the country has states and cities. Is there another any to solve the problem leaving "initialize" within the <body>.? Can I replace <script> with something else? Thanks.