PHP problem when running on a mac

deshg

Hey everyone,

I run a website which you can order stuff from (calendars) amongst other things but i just discovered my ordering page doesn't seem to work from macs (or certainly from macs running safari). The offending page is http://www.babesandboys.com/php/buy.php which, when it's not working displays N.aN in the total box when you click 'Calculate Total'. Obviously without the code this may be impossible to say, but i was wondering if it was something obvious that i hadn't thought of given i haven't checked any of the functionality on a mac (i know i should have done). Is there an emulator or something i can get for my pc so i can check myself, as fixing it is made very difficult if i can't see the problem!!

I would really really appreciate any thoughts anyone has. It uses javascript to calculate all of the variables from the page (but the main page and rest of the site is written in php) and then passes them to worldpay using the parameters that worldpay likes. If you want any more information or could point me in the right direction then i would really really appreciate it!

Thanks again,

Dave

Thora_Fan

It''s just a browser compatibility issue. I've run into that a great deal with Safari. I would recommend having your calcuations done on the server. Have your "calculate total" button submit to the same page, run all the calculations via PHP.

MarkR

Sounds like it's a Javascript rather than PHP issue; I assume you mean using a Mac as the client (with Safari) not server.

PHP runs on the server, and does not contain any cilent-dependent code by default. So unless you're doing something which detects the browser (which is a bad idea generally speaking), then it should not be PHP's fault.

I expect it's from some dodgy client-side script you've written.

Mark

deshg

Thanks for your responses, i hear what your saying about doing it all server side, that makes much more sense, although it's all written now and (nearly!) nicely working like this so, assuming MarkR is right that i've basically just written some javascript that the safari client doesn't like, it would be fantastic if i could just fix that error and then it would all be fine.

This also makes sense because i'm not bad at php but have never really programmed javascript, do you have any suggestions as to where might be the best place to seek help on my javascript problems?

Thanks very much again,

Dave

timpea

Dave,

If you are having javascript problems in Safari, first thing to do is turn on the safari debug menu.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030110063041629

Then from the debug menu you can open Javascript Console, this will show you the run time errors occurring in your javascript. It makes problem finding a lot simpler.

Regards
Tim Pearson