<script> tag. forbidden places?

[jjshell]

Hello,
I'm working on page that will need to dynamically (server side) include a few javascript goodies depending on the user input.

I was wondering, are there some hidden places for the <script> tag? Can I open it in the middle of a page and add a few javascript functions and close it?

I have seen this numerous times but I was wondering if it was correct.

Same questions goes for including a remote javascript file.

[stymiee]

You can put JavaScript anywhere you want. Just be aware that JavaScript is parsed in the order it appears on the page so if something at the top of the page is trying to access information you haven't created yet because it is later in the page it won't work.

[zcorpan]

You can place it in the HEAD or where block level elements are allowed. But you can't place a SCRIPT element where only inline level elements are allowed, such as inside a paragraph.

[AutisticCuckoo]

But you can't place a SCRIPT element where only inline level elements are allowed, such as inside a paragraph.

<!ELEMENT P - O (%inline;)* -- paragraph -->

<!ENTITY % inline "#PCDATA | %fontstyle; | %phrase; | %special; | %formctrl;">

<!ENTITY % special
   "A | IMG | OBJECT | BR | SCRIPT | MAP | Q | SUB | SUP | SPAN | BDO">

[zcorpan]

Doh! I was thinking about NOSCRIPT...

[AutisticCuckoo]

Yeah, NOSCRIPT is a block-level element and cannot occur inside a paragraph.