Fitting an HTML conditional comment inside a php code. Is not working for me

[co.ador]

I am trying to makes the <h4> tags to appear online if IE 5 comes up..
But the way it is right now doesn't grab the html comment..

<div id="container4">
  <div class="wrap">    
  <?php  
   $query = "SELECT name, price, image moreinfo, id
FROM rfolders
WHERE
id IN ( 1, 2, 3, 4)"; 

$result = mysql_query($query, $connection);
$i = 1;

 while ($content = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
  echo "  


    <div class=\"shoeinfo1\">
    <img src=\"images/spacer.gif\" alt=\"spacer\" class=\"spacer2\" />
        <h2 class=\"infohead\">". $content['name'] . "</h2>
        <div class=\"pic\"><img class=\"line\" src= '". $content['image'] ."' alt=\"picture\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" /></div>

        <h5> Rate:</h5>"; ?> <!--[if IE 5]<h4><![endif]-->
        
        <?php
        $ratingData = Rating::OutputRating($content['name']);
      
      if (Error::HasErrors())
      {
        echo Error::ShowErrorMessages();
        Error::ClearErrors();
      }
      else
      {
        echo $ratingData;
      }  ?>
      <!--[if IE 5]</h4><![endif]-->
        <?php echo"<h3>Prosedimiento:</h3>
        <p>Womens fashion shoes with higher 
        heels generally have pre-made, thin,
        flexible, leather or resin rubber fitted
        soles, made using the bottom pattern
        created from the last. Two shapes of
        sole are made this way, one for a Louis
        heel, and the other for a Knock-on type. </p> 
    <p><a href=\"#\">More</a></p></div>
    
    


    ";
$i++; 
}
if ($i > 1 && $i % 3 == 0 ) 
{
  echo "<div class=\"clearer\"></div>";

}    ?></div>
</div>

[Shrapnel_N5]

there are no conditionsl statements in HTML

also, even if it were there, it will do nothing to PHP at all.
You don't have an idea how PHP works.
It execues on server side, not in browser. There is no PHP code in browser, only HTML.

[co.ador]

Let me be more specific I want the <4> tags to appears only if it is IE5 version, is that possible?

[Shrapnel_N5]

Probably yes.
But I can't believe if there is one alive in the whole world.

You need $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] variable
it holds browser's "signature" and it is possible to extract browser's name and version from it

[Jake Arkinstall]

As said above, the php is processed no matter if the conditional is taken because it's processed before the conditional is looked at by the browser.

there are no conditionsl statements in HTML

Of course there are.

[felgall]

<!--[if IE 5]<h4><![endif]--> and <!--[if IE 5]</h4><![endif]-->

should be

<!--[if IE 5]><h4><![endif]--> and <!--[if IE 5]></h4><![endif]-->

You left out two >

[Shrapnel_N5]

Conditional comments only work in Explorer on Windows, and are thus excellently suited to give special instructions meant only for Explorer on Windows. They are supported from Explorer 5 onwards, and it is even possible to distinguish between 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0.

Oh I see now
Never knew that