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Active reading [<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web_Consortium> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTML>].
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Peter Mortensen
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Why can't the <p> tag can't contain a <div> tag inside it?

As far as I know, this this is right:

<div>
  <p>some words</p>
</div>

But this is wrong:

<p>
  <div>some words</div>
</p>

The first one can pass the w3c validatorthe W3C validator (xhtmlXHTML 1.0), but the second can't. I I know that nobody will write code like the second one. I just want know why. And

And what about other tags' containment relationship?

Why <p> tag can't contain <div> tag inside it?

As far as I know, this is right:

<div>
  <p>some words</p>
</div>

But this is wrong:

<p>
  <div>some words</div>
</p>

The first one can pass the w3c validator (xhtml 1.0), but the second can't. I know that nobody will write code like the second one. I just want know why. And what about other tags' containment relationship?

Why can't the <p> tag contain a <div> tag inside it?

As far as I know, this is right:

<div>
  <p>some words</p>
</div>

But this is wrong:

<p>
  <div>some words</div>
</p>

The first one can pass the W3C validator (XHTML 1.0), but the second can't. I know that nobody will write code like the second one. I just want know why.

And what about other tags' containment relationship?

Fix indentation
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tanguy_k
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As far as I know, this is right:

<div>
  <p>some words</p>
</div>

But this is wrong:

<p>
    <div>some words</div>
</p>

The first one can pass the w3c validator (xhtml 1.0), but the second can't. I know that nobody will write code like the second one. I just want know why. And what about other tags' containment relationship?

As far as I know, this is right:

<div>
  <p>some words</p>
</div>

But this is wrong:

<p>
    <div>some words</div>
</p>

The first one can pass the w3c validator (xhtml 1.0), but the second can't. I know that nobody will write code like the second one. I just want know why. And what about other tags' containment relationship?

As far as I know, this is right:

<div>
  <p>some words</p>
</div>

But this is wrong:

<p>
  <div>some words</div>
</p>

The first one can pass the w3c validator (xhtml 1.0), but the second can't. I know that nobody will write code like the second one. I just want know why. And what about other tags' containment relationship?

removed thanks
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edit approved Dec 6, 2011 at 13:37
oberfreak
edit approved Dec 6, 2011 at 13:37
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As far as I know, this is right:

<div>
  <p>some words</p>
</div>

But this is wrong:

<p>
    <div>some words</div>
</p>

The first one can pass the w3c validator (xhtml 1.0), but the second can't. I know that nobody will write code like the second one. I just want know why. And what about other tags' containment relationship? Thank you.

As far as I know, this is right:

<div>
  <p>some words</p>
</div>

But this is wrong:

<p>
    <div>some words</div>
</p>

The first one can pass the w3c validator (xhtml 1.0), but the second can't. I know that nobody will write code like the second one. I just want know why. And what about other tags' containment relationship? Thank you.

As far as I know, this is right:

<div>
  <p>some words</p>
</div>

But this is wrong:

<p>
    <div>some words</div>
</p>

The first one can pass the w3c validator (xhtml 1.0), but the second can't. I know that nobody will write code like the second one. I just want know why. And what about other tags' containment relationship?

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Henry H Miao
Henry H Miao
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