[FX.php List] Strange problem

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Bob,

In your examples, you appear to be missing the double quote ending 
your value= thingie.  There shoul dbe a double quote between the 
two >>

J


>That's what I thought too at first, but here's what I see:
>
><select name="start_date" id="select2">
></select>
>
>... So that means that none of my PHP-generated menu items are being 
>generated.
>
>I even substituted in some silly little PHP
>
><option value="<?php echo "test"; ?>><?php echo "TEST"; ?></option>
>
>and of course it worked... yes, I know, it was a silly test.
>
>
>
>On Aug 25, 2008, at 2:07 PM, Michael Layne wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Without being able to see the rendered page, I can't be sure of 
>>much, but  my first guess is that there may be something wrong in 
>>the actual HTML your code is rendering, and the more modern 
>>(better) browsers are letting you get away with it and IE6 is not.
>>
>>Again, cannot be sure at all, but I've had IE6-specific problems 
>>where it turned out to be the markup itself.
>>
>>Good luck.
>>
>>Michael
>>
>>Michael Layne  |  9 degrees development  |  9degrees.com  | 
>> <skype:laynebay>skype:laynebay
>>
>>On Aug 25, 2008, at 12:47 PM, Bob Patin/Longterm Solutions wrote:
>>
>>>I have a page that shows pulldown menus of dates for a 
>>>registration app; it works fine in Safari, IE 7, and Firefox, but 
>>>not IE 6.
>>>
>>>When I put a static menu option into the code, it shows in IE6 
>>>just fine, but for some reason, IE 6 doesn't like my formula:
>>>
>>><select name="start_date" id="select2">
>>><?php
>>>$start_date_time = strtotime($Date_StartRoomsAvailable);
>>>$end_date_time = strtotime($Date_EndRoomsAvailable);
>>>while ($start_date_time < $end_date_time){
>>>	$start_date_short = date("m/d/Y",$start_date_time);
>>>	$start_date_string = date("F d, Y",$start_date_time);
>>>?>
>>>	<option value="<?php echo $start_date_short; ?>" <?php if 
>>>($start_date_short == $Date_Arrival){ ?>selected="selected" <?php 
>>>} ?>><?php echo $start_date_string; ?></option>
>>>	<?php
>>>	$start_date_time = $start_date_time + 86400;
>>>}
>>>?>
>>></select>
>>>
>>>What I'm doing is this:
>>>
>>>I take the start date and the end date; so long as the start date 
>>>is less than the end date, I show it as a menu option; I add 86400 
>>>to it (it's translated into time so I can do math with it) each 
>>>time thru the loop.
>>>
>>>This works perfectly except in IE 6; shouldn't IE6 perform the 
>>>same since the PHP gets done on the server and not in the browser?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Bob Patin
>>>Longterm Solutions
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