[FX.php List] Strange problem

[Bob Patin]

Right now, instead of populating the menu as it should, I'm seeing  
nothing. If I hard-code a menu item like this

<option value="test">TEST</option>

... it shows up, which would indicate that it's not a problem with the  
ID value or CSS.

I'm wondering if, for some reason, the math I'm doing isn't working on  
that browser, but that should be the same across ALL browsers,  
shouldn't it?

It seems as though the WHILE loop isn't doing anything because my  
start < end calculation isn't working... I can't figure it out...

bob
bob at patin.com

On Aug 25, 2008, at 1:12 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:

> Hey Bob
>
> What do you see in IE6 instead of what you expect?
>
> In my experience, the place that IE6 is most challenging is with  
> CSS.  Try removing the id="select2" to see what the raw <select>  
> comes out like.  If that looks OK, then look at the style of  
> select2.  If that doesn't do anything, see if there's an element  
> containing the select (like a div) that has a style.
>
> HTH,
> -Joel
>
>
> On Aug 25, 2008, at 9:47 AM, 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
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