Internet Explorer 7 hates my simple PHP code

[anthonydamasco]

Hey everyone.

 

I have a simple php script that was working fine until my company upgraded to IE7. IE7 just shows the background and nothing else.

 

It works on EI6, and firefox

 

	          <?php

$conn = mysql_connect("localhost","user","user") or die ( mysql_error() );
$db = mysql_select_db("ACCU") or die ( mysql_error() );


$search=$_POST["search"];
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM phonelist");
$num = mysql_num_rows($result);
if ($num == "0"){
echo "Please revise your search.";
}else{
while($r=mysql_fetch_array($result))
{	
  
   $phoneid=$r["idphonelist"];
   $name=$r["name"];
   $ext=$r["ext"];
   $dept=$r["department"];
   $cell=$r["cellphone"];

   echo "
  <table width=\"515\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#FFFFFF\">
  <tr>
    <td><table width=\"515\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">
      <tr>
        <td width=\"178\">$name</td>
        <td width=\"40\">$ext</td>
        <td width=\"212\">$dept </td>
        <td width=\"85\">$cell</td>
      </tr>
    </table></td>
  </tr>
</table>
   ";
}
}
?>

 

any ideas.

[wildteen88]

PHP shouldn't have any effect on how browsers render a website. It runs on the server and not the client.

 

It most probably an HTML issue and not a PHP issue.

[Hughesy1986]

Try this,

 

I always escape from php when im ouputting alot of information. and then just echo the values.

 

		          <?php

$conn = mysql_connect("localhost","user","user") or die ( mysql_error() );
$db = mysql_select_db("ACCU") or die ( mysql_error() );


$search=$_POST["search"];
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM phonelist");
$num = mysql_num_rows($result);
if ($num == "0"){
echo "Please revise your search.";
}else{
while($r=mysql_fetch_array($result))
{	
 
  $phoneid=$r["idphonelist"];
  $name=$r["name"];
  $ext=$r["ext"];
  $dept=$r["department"];
  $cell=$r["cellphone"];

?>
 <table width="515" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
 <tr>
   <td><table width="515" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
     <tr>
       <td width="178"><?php echo $name; ?></td>
       <td width="40"><?php echo $ext; ?></td>
       <td width="212"><?php echo $dept; ?> </td>
       <td width="85"><?php echo $cell; ?></td>
     </tr>
   </table></td>
 </tr>
</table>
<?php
   }
}
?>

[HappyPandaFace]

Try this,

 

I always escape from php when im ouputting alot of information. and then just echo the values.

 

		          <?php

$conn = mysql_connect("localhost","user","user") or die ( mysql_error() );
$db = mysql_select_db("ACCU") or die ( mysql_error() );


$search=$_POST["search"];
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM phonelist");
$num = mysql_num_rows($result);
if ($num == "0"){
echo "Please revise your search.";
}else{
while($r=mysql_fetch_array($result))
{	
  
   $phoneid=$r["idphonelist"];
   $name=$r["name"];
   $ext=$r["ext"];
   $dept=$r["department"];
   $cell=$r["cellphone"];

?>
  <table width="515" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
  <tr>
    <td><table width="515" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td width="178"><?php echo $name; ?></td>
        <td width="40"><?php echo $ext; ?></td>
        <td width="212"><?php echo $dept; ?> </td>
        <td width="85"><?php echo $cell; ?></td>
      </tr>
    </table></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<?php
    }
}
?>

You wouldn't actually have to echo them, you could use

<?= $cell; ?> 

instead of

<?php echo $cell; ?>

[per1os]

A note to what panda face said, the <?= is being depreciated, it is safer to use the

 

<?php echo $cell; ?>
OR
<?php print $cell; ?>

 

due to that. Just an fyi =)

[anthonydamasco]

It's still doing the same thing to me after I tried escaping from php

 

       <?php

$conn = mysql_connect("localhost","www2","accuoffice") or die ( mysql_error() );
$db = mysql_select_db("ACCU") or die ( mysql_error() );


$search=$_POST["search"];
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM phonelist");
$num = mysql_num_rows($result);
if ($num == "0"){
echo "Please revise your search.";
}else{
while($r=mysql_fetch_array($result))
{	
  
   $phoneid=$r["idphonelist"];
   $name=$r["name"];
   $ext=$r["ext"];
   $dept=$r["department"];
   $cell=$r["cellphone"];

   ?>
  <table width="515" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
  <tr>
    <td><table width="515" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td width="178"><?php print $name; ?></td>
        <td width="40"><?php print $ext; ?></td>
        <td width="212"><?php print $dept; ?></td>
        <td width="85"><?php print $cell; ?></td>
      </tr>
    </table></td>
  </tr>
</table>
  <?php
}
}
?>

[HappyPandaFace]

Check your preferences in IE 7. Maybe it disallows  side-scripts or something like that.

[kenrbnsn]

You're code works fine for me in IE7, so there may be something else in other parts of you script that is causing the problems.

 

Here's some code that does what you're nested tables do, without the tables:

<div style="width:526px;border:1px solid black;display:block;clear:both;">
	<span style="width:178px;float:left;border:1px solid red"><?php echo $name; ?></span>
	<span style="width:40px;float:left"><?php echo $ext; ?></span>
	<span style="width:212px;float:left"><?php echo $dept; ?> </span>
	<span style="float:left"><?php echo $cell; ?></span>
	<div style="clear:both;line-height:0.01"> </div>
</div>

 

Try it and see if the problem still occurs.

 

Ken

[anthonydamasco]

no its still doing it. All I get is the background.

[winder]

hello my first post here

 

i think i have the exact same problem. No matter what script i'm puting into a page...it simply doesn't work in ie7. But it works like a charm in firefox. And i'm just wondering what's going on?

 

i use wamp.

 

any help?

[teng84]

i haven't experience that but can you tell me the error your getting

[dbo]

View source and paste in the HTML that is getting rendered.

[winder]

OMG! I just solved my problem... I feel so stupid

 

i was doing this...

 

in firefox i have a link button in favorities that loads the site with the correct test server url http://localhost/... etc.

 

BUT when  i was trying to view the same site with ie7 i was just doing a right click in index.php of my site and then open with -> internet explorer. That makes the url being sth like C:\wamp\www\... so test server wasn't working.

 

All fine now...

 

   

[ViN86]

please mark problem as solved. 

[winder]

i didn't start this thread. I don't know if this solves the problem mentioned at the beginning.