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Ordo

Differen browsers different code behavior?
October 29, 2009 11:26AM

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I have run into a bit of a problem!

IE8 does not run my project the correct way. I have been developing with Firefox 3.5.1 and all works as it should but IE 8 is an issue (not crashing but not executing correctly).

Anybody else found something similar?

Mac, what are you going to test our projects with?.Can we request that you use a specific browser?

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Ordo

Re: Differen browsers different code behavior?
October 29, 2009 12:16PM

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Chrome and Firefox behaves correctly but IE 8 not.

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Radhika

Re: Differen browsers different code behavior?
October 29, 2009 01:28PM

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Yes, me too

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stanimal

Re: Differen browsers different code behavior?
October 29, 2009 01:56PM

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I recommend i.e. 7. it's more stable, and i think it'd be more commonly used... But i think Mac will be marking the php mainly, so perhaps browser behavior wont affect our final marks, so long as the php is good right?

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Mac

Re: Differen browsers different code behavior?
October 29, 2009 02:01PM

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IE8 does has a compatibility view button (next to the refresh button). Try that. Browser should not affect PHP code in any way. So it can only be CSS stuff and maybe Javascript.

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Ordo

Re: Differen browsers different code behavior?
October 29, 2009 03:28PM

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Compatibility view does not help.

The problem is specifically in the edit and also the delete student or course pages. I use a form button inside a table (normal HTML stuff) to allow the user to Edit or Delete a student or a course (different pages of course). In Chrome and also in Firefox the correct "sno" or "cid" is passed to the actual edit page, BUT IE only wants to pass the LAST student or course displayed to the edit page.

Here's a piece of the code from the "Manage Courses" page (the Delete Button code):

Language: PHP
	// Delete Button
	echo "<td width=';20%';>";
	echo "<form method=post action=';delete_course.php';>";
	echo "<input name=';cid'; type=';hidden'; value=';$cid';>";
	echo "<input type=';submit'; value=';Delete';";
	echo "</form>";	
	echo "</tr>";

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Ordo

Re: Differen browsers different code behavior?
October 29, 2009 03:50PM

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Problem solved!

Seems IE8 is much more particular to syntax issues!

Language: PHP
	// Delete Button
	echo "<td width=';20%';>";
		echo "<form method=post action=';delete_course.php';>";
		echo "<input name=';cid'; type=';hidden'; value=';$cid';>";
		echo "<input type=';submit'; value=';Delete';>";
		echo "</form>";	
	echo "</td>";

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Mac

Re: Differen browsers different code behavior?
October 30, 2009 06:59AM

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IE does not evaluate your php code, so if there is an error, the server will tell you about it - not IE. IE cannot decide what to pass or not to pass - your code does. The reason lies elsewhere.

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stanimal

Re: Differen browsers different code behavior?
October 30, 2009 08:47AM

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I see your code is different in each of the examples Ordo.

Your last line.

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Riekert

Re: Differen browsers different code behavior?
November 02, 2009 02:50PM

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I must say, I also had a similar issue. but not between browsers, between OS/Servers...

I programmed my whole project on my Ubuntu machine at home with the LAMP config installed. everything was working pretty much 100% and then I tested it on my XP mork machine with WAMP installed and it broke it... most of the fields were out of whack and some still is... but didn't have time to fix it all.. had to send it in...

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Mac

Re: Differen browsers different code behavior?
November 03, 2009 03:12PM

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The only issue can be that LAMP runs maybe PHP4 and XAMPP PHP5. The bowser displays the results from your PHO code, which is parsed (interpreted) by the server and send to the browser as HTML. So only stuff like javascript, or how it is presented, can be affected.

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fcb

Re: Differen browsers different code behavior?
November 04, 2009 11:34AM

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also check the DOCTYPE for you page - i've solved many cross-browser issues by fixing this!