[FX.php List] Strange problem
Dale Bengston
dbengston at tds.net
Mon Aug 25 15:12:46 MDT 2008
Thanks! I missed the IE7 output. Looks fine to me, unless somehow
there are some special characters or other gremlins getting embedded
or something. I can't see how that would trip up any browser... even
that extra space after the closing quote of the value.
Dale
On Aug 25, 2008, at 3:02 PM, Bob Patin wrote:
> Yes, I think you missed it; here's my original posted code:
>
>> <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>
>
> In IE 7 here's the code that I get:
>
> <select name="start_date" id="select2">
> <option value="03/06/2008"
> >March 06, 2008</option>
> <option value="03/07/2008"
> >March 07, 2008</option>
> <option value="03/08/2008"
> selected="selected" >March 08, 2008</option>
> <option value="03/09/2008"
> >March 09, 2008</option>
> <option value="03/10/2008"
> >March 10, 2008</option>
> <option value="03/11/2008"
> >March 11, 2008</option>
> <option value="03/12/2008"
> >March 12, 2008</option>
> <option value="03/13/2008"
> >March 13, 2008</option>
> </select>
>
> Originally, instead of
>
> selected="selected"
>
> I was putting just
>
> selected
>
> I forget which is the newer way to do it, but both are acceptable.
>
> At any rate, it didn't make any difference.
>
> Note that, in this code from IE7, that everything is properly
>
>
> On Aug 25, 2008, at 2:34 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> Can you clip and post up the html as it's rendered by IE7? Or did I
>> miss that in an earlier post?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dale
>>
>> On Aug 25, 2008, at 2:14 PM, Bob Patin wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>> bob at longtermsolutions.com
>>>>> 615-333-6858
>>>>> http://www.longtermsolutions.com
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