JavaScript src with empty tag works, with empty end doesn't

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Why don't self-closing script tags work?

I am using Spring web-mvc with Freemarker and JQuery. The following works fine (layout, positioning etc):

<script type="text/javascript" src="<@spring.url 'jquery.ui.core.js'/>"></script>

But this doesn't:

<script type="text/javascript" src="<@spring.url 'jquery.ui.core.js'/>"/>

What's going wrong?

Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/69913/why-dont-self-closing-script-tags-work — lance, Aug 08 '11 at 13:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 08 '11 at 13:30

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You can't close a script tag using '/>' you have to use the explicit '</script>' closing tag.

answered Aug 08 '11 at 13:30

ipr101

Here's the DTD on ipr101's answer http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/scripts.html#edef-SCRIPT – scottheckel Aug 08 '11 at 13:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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Nothing is wrong, script tags just require the closing tags, they can't be self closed.

More discussion about it available on this thread: Why don't self-closing script tags work?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

Community

answered Aug 08 '11 at 13:30

Jeff

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