Problem displaying page in Explorer

Hello everyone,

I am really really need your help.I have spend so many hours to find the problem but still nothing.
Ok the problem I need help is with the design of a page I have developed including php code.
When I run the following code in Firefox it displays perfect as it has to be but when I open with internet explorer
it is not display it correct as it displays many gaps between the rows.

[code=html]
<table width=”725″ align=”center” >
<tr>
<td width=”77″ rowspan=”4″>home</td>
<td width=”154″ height=”68″><img src=”giftmatching.jpg” width=”154″ height=”66″ /></td>
<? $sqlcolour = “Select * from Items where Items.itemID=’$itemID'”;
$rscolour=mysql_query($sqlcolour);
$num=mysql_num_rows($rscolour);

$c=0;
while ($c<$num){
$ref=mysql_result($rscolour,$c,”ref”);
?>
<td width=”154″ height=”198″ rowspan=”3″><img src=”/large_<? echo $image_large; ?>” width=”154″ height=”198″></td>

<td width=”154″ height=”68″>
<span class=”brandname”><? echo $brand; ?></span>
<br/>
<span class=”generalfont”><? echo $descr; ?></span></td>

<!–start of the last column(5th)–>
<td width=”154″ height=”264″ rowspan=”4″>
<form name=”search” method=”post” action=”test.php”>
<table width=”161″ align=”center”>
<tr>
<td width=”155″ height=”24″> <select name=”kids” >
<option selected value=”kids”> Kids</option>
<? $querykids=”select DISTINCT Kids.kid_category from Items where Kids.kidID=Items.kidID”;
$rskids=mysql_query($querykids);
while ($rowkids=mysql_fetch_array($rskids)){
echo “<option>$rowkids[kid_category]</option>”;
} ?>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=”155″ height=”18″><select name=”brands” >
<option selected value=”brands”>Brands</option>
<? $querybrands=”select DISTINCT Brands.brand_name from Items
where Brands.brandID=Items.brandID “;
$rsbrands=mysql_query($querybrands);
while ($rowbrands=mysql_fetch_array($rsbrands)){
echo “<option>$rowbrands[brand_name]</option>”;
} ?>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=”155″ height=”21″><select name=”category” >
<option selected value=”category”>Category</option>
<? $querycategory=”select DISTINCT Categories.categoryname from Items where
Items.categoryID=Categories.categoryID and Items.kidID=’4′”;
$rscategory=mysql_query($querycategory);
while ($rowcategory=mysql_fetch_array($rscategory)){
echo “<option>$rowcategory[categoryname]</option>”;
} ?>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=”66″ width=”155″ align=”center”><input name=”submit” type=”image” id=”submit”
src=”/babyfind.jpg”></td>
</tr><tr><td height=”66″ width=”155″><a href=”checkout.php”><img src=”boycheckout.jpg”
alt=”checkout” border=”0″ /></a></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td height=”68″ width=”155″><a href=”test.php”><img src=”boyback.jpg” border=”0″
onclick=”history.go(-1)”/></a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form> </td>
<!– end of the rowspan –>
</tr>
<tr><!– end of the 5th column–>

<td height=”66″ width=”154″><!–start matching item 1 –>
<table width=”154″ height=”66″>
<? $query1=”select * from Items where image_small=’$matching1′”;
$rs1=mysql_query($query1);
$row1=mysql_fetch_array($rs1);
?>

<tr>
<td rowspan=”4″ height=”66″>
<form action=”matching_items.php” method=”get”><input name=”submit” type=”image” id=”submit”
src=”i/small_<? echo $matching1; ?>” alt=”matching one” />
<input name=”matchingID” type=”hidden” value=”<? echo $row1[‘itemID’]; ?>” />
</form></td>
<td height=”33″><span class=”brandname”><? echo $brand; ?></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=”33″><span class=”generalfont”>&pound;<? echo $price; ?></span></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!– end matching item 1–></td>

<td height=”66″ width=”154″ ><span class=”generalfont”><? echo $size; ?></span>
<span class=”generalfont”><? echo $colour; ?></span><span class=”generalfont”><? echo $category; ?></span></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td height=”66″ width=”154″>

<!–start matching item 2 –>
<table width=”154″ height=”66″>
<? $query2=”select * from Items where image_small=’$matching2′”;
$rs2=mysql_query($query2);
$row2=mysql_fetch_array($rs2);
//echo “item matchin:”. $row1[‘itemID’];
?>
<tr>
<td rowspan=”4″ ><form action=”matching_items.php” method=”get”><input name=”submit” type=”image” id=”submit”
src=”small_<? echo $matching2; ?>” alt=”matching two” />
<input name=”matchingID” type=”hidden” value=”<? echo $row1[‘itemID’]; ?>” />
</form></td>
<td height=”33″><span class=”brandname” ><? echo $brand; ?></span></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td height=”33″><span class=”generalfont”>&pound;<? echo $price; ?></span></td>
</tr>
</table>

<!– end matching item 2–></td>
<td rowspan=”2″ width=”154″ height=”132″>
<form action=”addtobasket.php” method=”post”>

<table width=”154″ height=”132″ >
<tr>
<td width=”101″><label class=”generalfont”>SIZE</label>
<select name=”size” class=”selectcriteria”>
<? $querysizeselect=”select DISTINCT Items.size from Items where Items.ref=’$ref'”;
$rssizeselect=mysql_query($querysizeselect);
while ($rowsizeselect=mysql_fetch_array($rssizeselect)){
echo “<option>$rowsizeselect[size]</option>”;
}
?>
</select> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=”34″><label class=”generalfont”>QTY</label>
<select name=”qty” class=”selectcriteria”>
<option value=”1″>1</option>
<option value=”2″>2</option>
<option value=”3″>3</option>
<option value=”4″>4</option>
<option value=”5″>5</option>
<option value=”6″>6</option>
<option value=”7″>7</option>
<option value=”8″>8</option>
<option value=”9″>9</option>
</select>

<input name=”descrdetails” type=”hidden” value=”<? echo $descr; ?>” />
<input name=”categorydetails” type=”hidden” value=”<? echo $category; ?>” />
<input name=”imagedetails” type=”hidden” value=”<? echo $image; ?>” />
<input name=”itemIDdetails” type=”hidden” value=”<? echo $itemID; ?>” /></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td> <input name=”refdetails” type=”hidden” value=”<? echo $ref; ?>” />
<input name=”colourdetails” type=”hidden” value=”<? echo $colour; ?>” />
<input name=”branddetails” type=”hidden” value=”<? echo $brand; ?>” />
<?
$c++;
}?></td>
</tr>
<tr><td height=”26″ >
<input type=”submit” name=”Submit” value=”add to basket” /></td>
</table>
</form> <!–</td>–><!– end to display the details of the specifc info–> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=”66″ width=”154″>

<!–start matching item 3 –>
<table width=”154″ height=”76″ >
<? $query3=”select * from Items where image_small=’$matching3′”;
$rs3=mysql_query($query3);
$row3=mysql_fetch_array($rs3);
//echo “item matchin:”. $row1[‘itemID’];
?>
<tr>
<td rowspan=”4″ height=”66″><form action=”matching_items.php” method=”get”>
<input name=”submit2″ type=”image” id=”submit2″
src=”small_<? echo $matching3; ?>” alt=”matching three” />
<input name=”matchingID2″ type=”hidden” value=”<? echo $row1[‘itemID’]; ?>” />
</form></td>
<td height=”35″><span class=”brandname” ><? echo $brand; ?></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=”33″><span class=”generalfont”>&pound;<? echo $price; ?></span></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!– end matching item 3–></td>
<td height=”68″ width=”154″><!–the add item function–></td>
<!– end div–>
</tr>
</table>

[/code]

I would really appreciate any help and any mistake that you think might cause this problem.

Thank you,
Xenia

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