need help desperately..... form/internet explorer problem :S

[pambo]

Hi,

i was wondering if anyone can help me with a rly strange problem..... i have a video player (javascript) with four buttons (php) which when pressed swap the video to another video.... The way it works, is that it posts a variable (the video name to itself) using a type hidden field in the form..... this works rly well on every browser, except internet explorer.... WHY?!?! im going crazy here.... can anyone enlighten me?

 

here is the code:

 

<? $videoNamePhp = "test.flv";  
if (isset($_POST['submit1'])) { 
$videoNamePhp =  $_POST["recipient1"];
}
if (isset($_POST['submit2'])) { 
$videoNamePhp =  $_POST["recipient2"];
}
if (isset($_POST['submit3'])) { 
$videoNamePhp =  $_POST["recipient3"];
}
if (isset($_POST['submit4'])) { 
$videoNamePhp =  $_POST["recipient4"];
}


?>





<form method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>"> 
        
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=recipient1 VALUE="test2.flv">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=recipient2 VALUE="test.flv">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=recipient3 VALUE="test2.flv">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=recipient4 VALUE="tes.flv">



  <input type="image" src="videobuttons/vidbuttons1.jpg" width="110" height="53" alt="submit!"
value="submit" name="submit1" onmouseover="this.src='videobuttons/vidbuttonsover1.jpg'" onmouseout="this.src='videobuttons/vidbuttons1.jpg'" />

  <input type="image" src="videobuttons/vidbuttons2.jpg" width="110" height="52" alt="submit2"
value="submit2" name="submit2" onmouseover="this.src='videobuttons/vidbuttonsover2.jpg'" onmouseout="this.src='videobuttons/vidbuttons2.jpg'"/>

<input type="image" src="videobuttons/vidbuttons3.jpg" width="110" height="53" alt="submit3"
value="submit3" name="submit3" onmouseover="this.src='videobuttons/vidbuttonsover3.jpg'" onmouseout="this.src='videobuttons/vidbuttons3.jpg'"/>

<input type="image" src="videobuttons/vidbuttons4.jpg" width="110" height="52" alt="submit4"
value="submit4" name="submit4" onmouseover="this.src='videobuttons/vidbuttonsover4.jpg'" onmouseout="this.src='videobuttons/vidbuttons4.jpg'"/>




<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
<div id="flashcontent" align="center"><p style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;">You need to upgrade your Flash Player to at<br>least version 8 to view this video content.</p><p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer/">Click here to download the latest version of Flash Player</a>.</p></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[
var videoName = "<? echo $videoNamePhp ; ?>";


var so = new SWFObject("flvplayer.swf?theFile=videos/" + videoName + "&defaultImage=graphic.jpg&theVolume=100&startPlayingOnload=no&popUpHelp=no&bufferSeconds=2&videoSmoothing=yes","flvplayer","240","208","8","#000000");
so.addParam("movie","flvplayer.swf?theFile=videos/" + videoName + "&defaultImage=graphic.jpg&theVolume=100&startPlayingOnload=no&popUpHelp=no&bufferSeconds=2&videoSmoothing=yes");
so.addParam("bgcolor","#000000");
so.write("flashcontent");
// ]]>
</script>


</form>

 

[kenrbnsn]

Image submit buttons in IE do not set the value $_POST['submit_name'], but rather the x & y position of where they were clicked. All other browsers send those as well.

 

Change your check to

<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit1_x']))
?>

 

Whenever you have problems with checking POSTed value, put

<?php
echo '<pre>' . print_r($_POST,true) . '</pre>';
?>

at the top of the processing script. This will dump what is being sent from the form.

 

Ken

[pambo]

omg thank you so so so much! it worked...... and thanks for the tip on debugging forms..... ill definately keep that in mind.... i just had no idea why it worked everywhere except ie, i was rly clueless! thanks again i rly appreciate the help