XML, tables and input fields

Was just about to pop it up, and then twigged why the XML parsing was failing. (The error message pointed to a completely different spot on the line than where the problem lay). I'd used normal <> for an img code line instead of &lt: and >. This xml thing does make you triple check your code, doesn't it? The way this is going, I doubt this'll be the last question I'm asking today though. Cheers Elbekko.

Edit: I'll expand on that further just incase anyone has this problem in the future. Inside the input field, I'm supplying the <img code for inclusion in posts, as such:

$getimg = '<img src='.$image.' alt='.$filename.'/>';

echo ("<br /><input name=\"img\" type=\"text\" value=\"".$getimg."\" onclick=\"highlight(this);\" />");

The problem lay with that $getimg var. It needed formatting as below:

$getimg = '<img src='.$image.' alt='.$filename.'/>';

Nothing wrong with an input inside a td. Could it have been that the validator was reading > as the end of the input tag before getting to the /> and therefore it appeared the tag was not closed properly.

In other words, its saying <input> cannot appear in a td but <input /> can.

I'm using numeric entities exclusively in PunBB 1.3. There are 6 (or is it 5) character entities that can safetly be used cross browser but I just find it more consistent to always use the numeric entities.