PHP Includes Messed up in IE7

[risingPhoenix]

I need help! My PHP web page looks messed up in IE7 when I added includes and I want to fix that.

I'm in a PHP class and am converting a web page from XHTML to PHP using PHP includes. Yet, when you view the new PHP web page in IE7 the design looks messed up:

http://mattjennings.net/002natalie/index.php

When you view the original XHTML web page in IE7 there is no problem:

http://mattjennings.net/002natalie/index.html

I've validated index.html and the source code of index.php as both XHTML Strict 1.0 and used Dreamweaver CS3 to hand code index.php.

Below is the code on index.php:

<!-- HEADER INCLUDE START -->
<?php
include('includes/headerINC.php');
?>

<!-- HEADER INCLUDE END -->

        <img src="images/img101-home-md.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Old Rainier Brewery - SoDo" />

        <div class="description-float">Old Rainier Brewery - SoDo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<div>Currently Public Building</div></div>

        <div class="description-float">Starbucks Tower - SoDo</div>

    <!-- LEFT end DIV -->
    </div>

    <div id="right">

        <div id="text-main">

            <h2>About</h2>

            <p>
            Natalie Ramsey’s paintings represent significant landmarks and architecture of the Seattle area. They narrate important events in Seattle’s history while addressing current issues related to growth and the constantly changing faces of neighborhoods.
            </p>
            <br />

            <p>
            <a href="gallery/gallery.html">Public Architecture Gallery</a>
            </p>

<!-- HOME-SPOTLIGHT INCLUDE START -->  

<?php
include('includes/home-spotlightINC.php');
?>
<!-- HOME-SPOTLIGHT INCLUDE END -->

<!-- FOOTER INCLUDE START -->
<?php
include('includes/footerINC.php');
?>
<!-- FOOTER INCLUDE END -->

Any help would be appreciated about how I can fix my PHP web page so that it looks good in IE7! 🙁

[dagon]

your comment outputed before the docutype forces ie7 in to a non standards mode

[bradmasterx]

it wouldn't matter about the include because php is server side and not client side

[risingPhoenix]

dragon,

My problem is solved and you were correct that placing a comment before the DOCTYPE caused problems. I placed the DOCTYPE inside my index.php page and a lot of the XHTML after the DOCTYPE into a PHP include.

Below is my updated PHP page with no problems in IE7:

http://mattjennings.net/002natalie/index.php

Thanks for the help! 😃