[FX.php List] Strange problem
Michael Layne
fx at 9degrees.com
Mon Aug 25 13:55:04 MDT 2008
Here's another try by looking through the code again... do you have a
space before the 'selected' attribute?
Michael Layne | 9 degrees development | 9degrees.com | skype:laynebay
On Aug 25, 2008, at 3:45 PM, Bob Patin wrote:
> Nah, that was just a typo in my email... :)
>
> Here's the source:
>
> <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>
>
>
> Notice the OPTION line, which is where the problem is:
>
> <option value="<?php echo $start_date_short; ?>" <?php if
> ($start_date_short == $Date_Arrival){ ?>selected="selected" <?php } ?
> >><?php echo $start_date_string; ?></option>
>
> Notice that the value is properly quoted...
>
> In Dreamweaver it's easy to see because it colors all my PHP tags
> appropriately...
> but that's not the problem, unfortunately.
>
> I do know that Safari seems to be more forgiving than IE is...
> When I test this in IE Tester (which Andy Gaunt pointed me to) using
> its IE6 test, it works fine. IE 5.5 goes completely batty though...
>
> IE 7 works fine, both the real IE 7 and the simulated version in
> IETester...
>
> BP
>
>
> On Aug 25, 2008, at 2:32 PM, Michael Layne wrote:
>
>> Bob,
>>
>> You're missing the ending """ for the "value" attribute! I knew
>> it!!!
>>
>> At least I hope I'm right and it helped... I copied your example
>> and did my own test. Same result. Then I looked at the code again
>> and realized (thanks to syntax coloring for PHP in TextMate)
>> something was off. I quickly saw it, added the missing quotations,
>> and presto...
>>
>>
>> // first line is corrected...
>> <option value="<?php echo "test"; ?>"><?php echo "TEST"; ?></option>
>>
>> <option value="<?php echo "test"; ?>><?php echo "TEST"; ?></option>
>>
>> HTH...
>>
>>
>> Michael Layne | 9 degrees development | 9degrees.com | skype:laynebay
>>
>> On Aug 25, 2008, at 3:14 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
>>>>> iChat: bobpatin
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