PHP/Netscape Issues?

Anon

Hi,

I'm having a problem viewing one of my sites in Netscape Navigator 4.0. It works fine with IE 5.5.

The problem is that nothing shows up when I load the page...except the background color. I'm able to view the source and see that everything is there, but nothing shows up! I can look at the exact page using IE, and see everything. I am able to view other pages I've coded, from a different site, that use PHP, with no problems. Here's the code that I'm using :

<?php
include ("month-header.txt");
$columns = 5;
$counter = 1;
$dirPath = opendir("images/april/");
while ($file = readdir($dirPath)) {
if ($file != "." && $file != ".." && (eregi(".(gif)|(jpg)|(jpeg)|(png)$", $file) == 1) && (eregi("^thm", $file) != 1)) {
if ($counter % $columns == 1) {
echo "<TR>\n";
}
echo "<TD>\n";
echo "<A HREF=\"showImage.php3?image=$file\"><IMG SRC=\"images/april/thm$file \" WIDTH=\"100\" HEIGHT=\"75\" BORDER=\"0\"></A>\n";
echo "</TD>\n";
if ($counter % $columns == 0) {
echo "</TR>\n";
}
$counter++;
}
}
if ((($counter-1) % $columns != 0) && ($counter != 1)) {
echo "</TR>\n";
}
include ("month-footer.txt");
?>

The header and footer files are just standard HTML, so the final file that gets sent is as follows :

<HEAD>
<TITLE>Samantha's Digital Visiting Room! April Update!</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=2 CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH="620">
<TR>
<TD ColSpan=1 RowSpan=1 Align=Center WIDTH="115">
 
</TD>
<TD ColSpan=1 RowSpan=1 Align=Center WIDTH="505">
<IMG SRC="images/banner.gif">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ColSpan=1 RowSpan=1 VAlign=Top Align=Center>
<A HREF="index.html"><IMG SRC="images/welcome-icon.gif" WIDTH="77" HEIGHT="80" ALT="Take Me Home!" BORDER="0"></A><BR><BR>
<A HREF="announce.html"><IMG SRC="images/announce-icon.gif" WIDTH="112" HEIGHT="80" ALT="Now Presenting...Samantha!" BORDER="0"></A><BR><BR>
<A HREF="visiting.html"><IMG SRC="images/disk-icon.gif" WIDTH="102" HEIGHT="80" ALT="Digital Visiting Room!" BORDER="0"></A><BR><BR>
<A HREF="extra.html"><IMG SRC="images/extra-icon.gif" WIDTH="102" HEIGHT="80" ALT="Extras That You Shouldn't Miss!" BORDER="0"></A><BR><BR>
</TD>
<TD ColSpan=1 RowSpan=1 WIDTH=500 Align=LEFT VALIGN=TOP>

<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=3 CELLPADDING=3 WIDTH=100%>
<TR>
<TD ColSpan=5 RowSpan=1 Align=LEFT>
<font face="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE=2>
<B>Pictures From March - April 2001 (For Bigger Picture, Click On Image)</B></FONT>
</TD>
</TR><TR>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2676.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2676.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2682.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2682.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2710.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2710.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2727.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2727.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2742.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2742.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2743.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2743.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2746.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2746.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2753.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2753.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2774.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2774.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2782.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2782.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2789.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2789.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2793.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2793.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2794.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2794.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2805.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2805.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2808.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2808.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2819.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2819.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2825.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2825.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2838.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2838.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2844.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2844.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2852.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2852.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2869.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2869.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2872.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2872.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2889.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2889.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2893.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2893.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2897.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2897.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2899.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2899.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2904.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2904.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2913.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2913.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2918.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2918.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
<TD>
<A HREF="showImage.php3?image=DCP_2923.JPG"><IMG SRC="images/april/thm_DCP_2923.JPG " WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75" BORDER="0"></A>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

</BODY>

Thanks for your help!

Anon

You don't close one of your tables.

Hank

cordex

Right-o he didn't. Nutscrape isn't as error friendly as Enternut Exploder.

Other then problematic client side caching (which isn't PHP's fault!), you won't find that it matters what browser you use - as long as you write decent HTML.

Anon

Netscape will not forgive and forget like IE. You must have every tr, td and table that is opened, closed. Remember, with PHP being server side, it makes NO difference what browser you look at it with, the result will be the same if your HTML is properly coded.

I recommend using HTML Tidy as a great way to do a quick check on a large site to make sure you closed all your open tags.

Seth

Anon

I hate, and love it, when problems are that simple to fix. Thanks for reviewing my code.

Mark