PHP和html标记的怪异问题

Question

I have a weird issue with my html codes.

I want to add the a variable $htmlstring to a <p> tag.

I do

 $finalHtml .= '<p class="text">'.$htmlString.'</p>';

My $htmlstring contains something like

<span>texts….</span>
<span>texts….</span>
<span>texts….</span>
<span>texts….</span>
<span>texts….</span>

<table>
    <tr>
       <td>cell</td>
      <td>cell</td>
      <td>cell</td>
     </tr>
    more….
</table>

<span>more texts</span>
<span>more texts</span>

I want my result to become like

<p class='text'>
     <span>texts….</span>
    <span>texts….</span>
    <span>texts….</span>
    <span>texts….</span>
   <span>texts….</span>

   <table>
     <tr>
        <td>cell</td>
       <td>cell</td>
       <td>cell</td>
      </tr>
      more….
   </table>
   <span>more texts</span>
   <span>more texts</span>
</p>

but i got

//p tag only wraps texts before my table element.
<p class='text'>
     <span>texts….</span>
    <span>texts….</span>
    <span>texts….</span>
    <span>texts….</span>
   <span>texts….</span>
</p>

   <table>
     <tr>
        <td>cell</td>
       <td>cell</td>
       <td>cell</td>
      </tr>
      more….
   </table>
   <span>more texts</span>
   <span>more texts</span>

can anyone help me with this weird issue? Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

That's because p can't hold a block element ( table ).

Use a div instead of your p aragraph.

Answer 2

Have you tried running your code through the validator?

the validator would have told you that you cannot put

 <p> <table> ...

or

<table> <p> 

check out: http://validator.w3.org/