1.5.1 above – Problem clearing floats?

Maybe I’m just slow to get with the program, but it took me some time to figure this one out, hopefully someone will find this useful.

after upgrading to 1.5.2 from 1.5 (to fix the wp_footer undefined function error), I noticed my background wasn’t stretchign to enclose my floated elements, so i figured the bit of css clearing my floats wasn’t working (<div style="clear:both;"></div>)

there must have been something in the wp_footer action, because as soon as I moved the bit of code clearing my floats from above the <?php wp_footer(); ?> tag to BELOW it, everything worked like a charm.

hopefully no one else is this short-sighted, but here you go, good luck.