Question

I try to validate my code, but i get a few error, and i need help with this:

I get a few error for this:

1. end tag for “param” omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified
2. cannot generate system identifier for general entity “color”
3. general entity “color” not defined and no default entity

4 reference not terminated by REFC delimiter

>     > <object
>     > classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
>     > codebase="http://macromedia.com/cabs/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
>     > id="flaMovie" width="400"
>     > height="235">
>     >             <param name="movie" value="swf/test_movie_purple.swf">
>     >             <param name="FlashVars" value="lan=<?php echo
>     > $_SESSION['lan'];?>&color=<?php echo
>     > $color;?>">
>     >             <param name="quality" value="medium">
>     >             <param name="wmode" value="transparent">
>     >             <embed src="swf/test_movie_purple.swf"
>     > flashvars="lan=<?php echo
>     > $_SESSION['lan'];?>&color=<?php echo
>     > $color;?>" wmode="transparent"
>     > width="400" height="235"
>     > type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>

Could anyone help me fix this? Im goin’ to crazy..

Answer 1

end tag for “param” omitted

In HTML-compatible-XHTML, elements that are always empty, like <img> and <param> must use the self-closing syntax:

<param name="movie" value="swf/test_movie_purple.swf" />

(note the /. Same for all other param​s.)

cannot generate system identifier for general entity “color” [and the other errors]

You forget to encode the & character before color=... in the URL. It should be &color=....

Additionally, the old-school <embed> element is undefined in both HTML4 and XHTML1, so it won’t validate anyway. See this question for some discussion on Flash embedding methods.