Search tag and XHTML 1.0 Compliance

[rebaf]

I included the "search" tag in my template and it was specified as XTML 1.0 strict, but whenever I attempted to validate the page I was getting several of the following error messages in the code generated by the "search" tag:

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document type does not allow element "Input" here; missing one of .... start-tag 

XHTML has a requirement to enclose each of the elements in a containing element. I found suitable for my purpose. In the script function.search.php in the plugins directory, I modified the last line of the smarty_cms_function_search function to read ...

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	return '<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search">
	<p><input type="hidden" name="ie" value="utf-8" /></p>
	<p><input type="hidden" name="oe" value="utf-8" /></p>
	<p><input type="hidden" name="sitesearch" value="'.$domain.'" /></p>
	<p><input type="text" id="textSearch" name="q" maxlength="255" value="" /></p>
	<p><input type="submit" id="buttonSearch" value="'.$buttonText.'" /></p>
	</form>';

BTW: This is CMSMS 10.4.

As far as I can tell this doesn't cause any problem in validating the page as HTML 4.01 strict, not sure about other standards.

This works for me, but your mileage may differ.

[iNSiPiD]

If you're using a Strict XHTML doctype and want to apply styles to your form the correct syntax is to surround the contents within the form with a DIV, not outside the form as one might expect.

i.e.


 
   
    ...
 
</form