[FX.php List] Strange problem
Bob Patin
bob at patin.com
Mon Aug 25 14:02:08 MDT 2008
No, either is acceptable, although one is current, the other is
"legacy" code that is still supported.
Meanwhile, I found the problem, which had nothing to do with HTML:
When they go into the site and click on the button to edit their
record, they're entering thru the main page of the site, where I set a
session variable.
However, when they were using a link I was sending in an email, I was
taking them directly to the login page, and (without thinking about
it) not setting the session variable. For whatever reason, Safari was
more forgiving, perhaps remembering a previous session variable, or
defaulting to the first record in the particular table, but it wasn't
causing the same error.
So once we realized that our testing was slightly different, we
quickly found the problem...
Thanks for all the input...
Bob Patin
Longterm Solutions
bob at longtermsolutions.com
615-333-6858
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On Aug 25, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:
> hmm... could it be using [ selected="selected" ] that's the
> problem? Isn't that xhtml, and could that be a problem with IE6?
>
> What if you just used:
>
> <?php if ($start_date_short == $Date_Arrival){ ?>selected<?php } ?>
>
> -Joel
>
>
> On Aug 25, 2008, at 12:45 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
>>>>>> AIM: longterm1954
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