Can PHP 4.3.x Support This Document Object Code?

[mmtalon]

Can PHP 4.3.x support this document object code?

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alert("bodyNode.firstChild.nodeName = " + bodyNode.firstChild.nodeName);
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[fenway]

I'm not sure why you think this has anything to do with PHP...

[mmtalon]

First, I don't know if the code example is deprecated because of a later version of the document object model (DOM). Or, perhaps, the code is designed for a later version of DOM, where PHP 4.3.x won't support the newer version of DOM. I was hoping that someone would recognize the code as being to old or not new enough.

I thought that the PHP server is what translate the javascript to the client computer and that the PHP server would ultimately be the problem. Do correct me if I am wrong on how javascript reaches the client computer.

[mmtalon]

What I meant to say was too old or too new.

[mainewoods]

[quote]PHP 4.3.x won't support the newer version of DOM[/quote]
NO php  supports the DOM. php returns html source code as text, and the DOM is not even created until the browser parses the html.  The DOM is accessable from javascript - not php.  Your DOM support problem is a browser type/version problem.

[code]alert("bodyNode.firstChild.nodeName = " + bodyNode.firstChild.nodeName);[/code]
--I have read that the 'firstChild' object is not supported by ie6 and older ie.  ie7 is supposed to have support.  Your problem is an ie DOM compatability issue.