[FX.php List] Strange problem

[Dale Bengston]

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
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