The large text stretches the table to make itself fit. And since you had the same amount of large text in the top as in the bottom it went to 50-50.
You can either remove the text or minimize the text as shown below.
Code:
<table border="1" width="200" table height="100">
<tr>
<td width="100" height="100" rowspan="2"> </td>
<td width="100" height="30"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100" height="70"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
PHP Code:
<table border="1" width="200" table height="100">
<tr>
<td width="100" height="100" rowspan="2"> </td>
<td width="100" height="30"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100" height="70"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
Code:
<table border="1" width="200" table height="100">
<tr>
<td width="100" height="100" rowspan="2"><FONT SIZE=1>100 wide, 100 high</FONT></td>
<td width="100" height="30"><FONT SIZE=1>100 wide, coded for 30 high</FONT></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100" height="70"><FONT SIZE=1>100 wide, coded for 70 high</FONT></td>
</tr>
</table>
PHP Code:
<table border="1" width="200" table height="100">
<tr>
<td width="100" height="100" rowspan="2"><FONT SIZE=1>100 wide, 100 high</FONT></td>
<td width="100" height="30"><FONT SIZE=1>100 wide, coded for 30 high</FONT></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100" height="70"><FONT SIZE=1>100 wide, coded for 70 high</FONT></td>
</tr>
</table>