Can I have <SCRIPT> tag inside <TABLE>?

Question

I got to have a tag inside a table because PHP writes a code there that adds stuff to an earlier created Javascript array. However, I get a validation error (4.01 strict).

Is there any way I can do this or is it simply forbidden to keep a script like this:

<TABLE>
    <TR>
      <SCRIPT></SCRIPT>
        <TD>
        </TD>
    </TR>
</TABLE>

(is this better maybe?):

<TABLE>
    <TR>
        <TD>
         <SCRIPT></SCRIPT>
        </TD>
    </TR>
</TABLE>

Change doctype? What do you think?

Answer 1

SCRIPT is not allowed in TR as the content model of TR is defined as (TH|TD)+:

<!ELEMENT TR       - O (TH|TD)+        -- table row -->

That means one or more elements of TH or TD.

But SCRIPT is allowed in TD. See the definition of TD:

<!ELEMENT (TH|TD)  - O (%flow;)*       -- table header cell, table data cell-->

Where the parameter entity flow is defined as:

<!ENTITY % flow "%block; | %inline;">

And inline is defined as:

<!ENTITY % inline "#PCDATA | %fontstyle; | %phrase; | %special; | %formctrl;">

And special is define as:

<!ENTITY % special
   "A | IMG | OBJECT | BR | SCRIPT | MAP | Q | SUB | SUP | SPAN | BDO">