Marusya's School Notes

ELEMENTS: End Tags

Some HTML elements will display correctly, even if you forget the end (or closing) tag, because closing tags are considered optional:

HTML file:	Displayed by browser:
<html> <body> <p>This paragraph has NO end tag. <p>This paragraph HAS an end tag.</p> </body> </html>	This paragraph has NO end tag. This paragraph HAS an end tag.

HTML file:

Displayed by browser:

<html>
    <body>
        <p>This paragraph has NO end tag.
        <p>This paragraph HAS an end tag.</p>
    </body>
</html>

This paragraph has NO end tag.

This paragraph HAS an end tag.

W A R N I N G ! Never rely on this! It could produce unexpected results or errors! Also, stricter versions of HTML (eg: XHTML) demand closing tags.