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Bug #63439 language attribute on script tags deprecated
Submitted: 2012-11-05 15:21 UTC Modified: 2012-11-06 01:49 UTC
From: alastair at propcom dot co dot uk Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: all
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2012-11-05 15:21 UTC] alastair at propcom dot co dot uk 
Description:
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PHP can be opened with <script language="php">

But the language attribute is deprecated: 
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/scripts.html

It should use "type" instead.

Also the tag does not support charset.

Test script:
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<script language="php">
  echo "Hello";
</script>

<script type="application/php">
  echo "Hello"
</script>

Expected result:
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<script language="php">
  echo "Hello";
</script>

Hello

Actual result:
--------------
Hello

<script type="application/php">
  echo "Hello"
</script>

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 [2012-11-06 01:49 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Wont fix
 [2012-11-06 01:49 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
Since it's handled on the server side and the user agent never sees it, compliance with HTML is rather pointless.

If anything, I think we'd be more likely to look at deprecating the <script> form altogether, rather than adding new variations.

Closing Won't Fix.
 
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