where is this button coming from

[BigD]

In attached screen 1, there is a "Browse" button showed up in a wrong place. At one time It was next to the "PICTURE" row. after some modifications it ended up here. In attached screen 2, I have another PHP script coded in the same sytle but the "Browse" button is correctly placed on screen.I did not code this 2 buttons. I checked my codes, they are kind of the same. I did view source and did not see them coming from anywhere. Here is part of my code. what generated the buttons and what decided their locations? screen 1: echo "<tr><td>Last name</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"40\" name=\"lastname\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>First name</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"20\" name=\"firstname\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>Gender(M,F)</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"2\" name=\"gender\">"; echo " S S N(xxx-xx-xxxx)<input type=\"text\" size=\"11\" name=\"ssn\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"MAX_FILE_SIZE\" value=\"1024000\">\n"; echo "<tr><td>Picture</td><input type=\"file\" name=\"picture\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>Date of Birth (yyyy-mm-dd)</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"10\" name=\"dob\"></td</tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>Address</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"25\" name=\"address\">"; echo " City<input type=\"text\" size=\"18\" name=\"city\">"; screen 2: echo "<tr><td>Last name</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"40\" name=\"lastname\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>First name</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"20\" name=\"firstname\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"MAX_FILE_SIZE\" value=\"1024000\">\n"; echo "<tr><td>Picture</td><td><input type=\"file\" name=\"picture\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>Address</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"30\" name=\"address\"></td</tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>City</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"20\" name=\"city\"></td</tr>\n";

[dsonesuk]

last lineecho "<tr><td>City</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"20\" name=\"city\"></td</tr>\n";

[BigD]

That is not it. in screen1 coding after last line I have echo " State<input type=\"text\" size=\"2\" name=\"state\"> ZIP<input type=\"text\" size=\"5\" name=\"zip\"></td></tr> "; I want to put address, city, state, zip all in one table detail element.

[BigD]

I mis read dsonesuk's post, he was refering to screen 2 coding.Yes it should be coded as he suggested, but the mistake did not cause any problem. PHP interpreter is pretty smart to correct my error and produced a nice web page..

[dsonesuk]

PHP may interpret the error correctly, but html will not especially with tables, such a mistake throws out table layout all over the place, as other cells use colspan and rowspan to determine where they should position themselves, they do not always follow a set stack order as you would get using div elements.

[birbal]

php interepter has nothing to do with produced html and it cant fixed html thing (unless used with library like 'Tidy' or any other). your page is still broken. if you use any validator you can see that. if it is the last line of html page it may not create any visible trouble but if it is middle of something it can collapse whole page,css styling even js implementetion.

Edited August 8, 2012 by birbal

[justsomeguy]

There are several TDs that have incorrect closing tags, not just the one.

[BigD]

I corrected the wrong </td> tags, the Browse button is still in the wrong place. Sorry it is long, here is the code: <?phpif (!isset($_SESSION['store_admin'])){ echo "<h2>Sorry, you have not logged into the system</h2>\n"; echo "<a href=\"admin.php\">Please login</a>\n";} else{ $userid = $_SESSION['store_admin']; echo "<form enctype=\"multipart/form-data\" action=\"admin.php\" method=\"post\">\n"; echo "<h2>Enter Student Information</h2><br>\n"; echo "<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"1\" border=\"1\">\n"; echo "<tr><td>Class</td>\n"; echo "<td><select name=\"cat\">\n"; $query="SELECT classid,classname from class where classstatus = 'open'"; $result=mysql_query($query); while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result,MYSQL_ASSOC)) { $classid = $row['classid']; $classname = $row['classname']; echo "<option value=\"$classid\">$classname</option>\n"; } echo "</select></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>Last name</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"40\" name=\"lastname\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>First name</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"20\" name=\"firstname\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>Gender(M,F)</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"2\" name=\"gender\">"; echo " S S N(xxx-xx-xxxx)<input type=\"text\" size=\"11\" name=\"ssn\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"MAX_FILE_SIZE\" value=\"1024000\">\n"; echo "<tr><td>Picture</td><input type=\"file\" name=\"picture\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>Date of Birth (yyyy-mm-dd)</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"10\" name=\"dob\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>Address</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"25\" name=\"address\">"; echo " City<input type=\"text\" size=\"18\" name=\"city\">"; echo " State<input type=\"text\" size=\"2\" name=\"state\">"; echo " Zip<input type=\"text\" size=\"5\" name=\"zip\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>Phone xxx-xxx-xxxx</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"15\" name=\"phone\">"; echo " Alternate Phone<input type=\"text\" size=\"15\" name=\"altphone\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>Email address</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"45\" name=\"email\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>Tuition</td><td>Fee's<input type=\"text\" size=\"8\" name=\"fee\">"; echo " Waiver<input type=\"text\" size=\"8\" name=\"waiver\">"; echo " Payment<input type=\"text\" size=\"8\" name=\"payment\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>Lock Box #</td><td><input type=\"text\" size=\"4\" name=\"lboxname\">"; echo " Lock Box Deposit<input type=\"text\" size=\"5\" name=\"lbdeposit\"></td></tr>\n"; echo "<tr><td>Note</td><td>Currently Tuition Fee is $4960. Lock Box Deposit is $15</td></tr>\n"; echo "</table>\n"; echo "<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\">\n"; echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"content\" value=\"addstudent\">\n"; echo "</form>\n";}?>

[dsonesuk]

echo "<tr><td>Picture</td><input type=\"file\" name=\"picture\"></td></tr>\n"; should be echo "<tr><td>Picture</td><td><input type=\"file\" name=\"picture\"></td></tr>\n"; if you look at table cells and the inner cell border is missing it usually means you have missed <tr></tr> or <td></td> at that location.

Edited August 9, 2012 by dsonesuk

[birbal]

so that you know using table is not suitable for page layout you should use newer cleaner "box model" approach. http://w3schools.com/css/css_boxmodel.asp table should be limited to show tabular data. not page layouts.

Edited August 9, 2012 by birbal

[divinedesigns1]

you have opening table rows and table division but they arent close either, so double check your code for opening and unclose table rows and table divisions