Internet Explorer New Version 7.0

LordRogaine

Anyone having any php compatibility problems with the newest version of Internet Explorerer? I'm noticing some funtions aren't working properly sometimes with this new version.

Lord Rogaine

dougal85

Why wouldn't a function work in IE7? PHP can only pass it HTML/CSS/Javascript etc. all your functions execute on the server.

So i guess your having problems with something server side... not your PHP

LordRogaine

It seems that variables aren't being read properly with this new version which is interferring with the proper functioning of my site. Has anyone else noticed this problem?

dotnotwhat

As Dougal said, if there is a problem with functions not executing, variables not being set, etc, then it's down to your code, nothing to do with IE7.

Your browser sends a HTTP request to the web server. From the HTTP request, the web browser determines what resource to process / return to browser. If calling a PHP script, the web server processes the PHP internally and then spits out HTML / CSS / Javascript / image, etc, which the browser then processes. The browser has no influence on the actual PHP processing happening on the server.

If you are experiencing a problem that really is specific to IE7 (I presume you've tested with IE6 / Firefox / Opera?) then I would guess it's either to do with the way IE7 renders the HTML / CSS your script returns, or your script is doing some browser agent sniffing and doesn't work properly when it detects IE7's user agent string.

If you can give any more info on the exact problems your experiencing, we might be able to get to the root of the problem.

Hope that helps!

NogDog

You might want to submit your pages to the w3c.org HTML validator and the w3c.org CSS validator to make sure you're not "confusing" the browser with invalid mark-up, and thus getting varied results because each browser has to either make its own best "guess" at what you intended, or just ignore the invalid portions of your page.

LordRogaine

The code I have been using has been thoroughly tested on Firefor, Opera and all previous Internet Explorer versions. The code itself has remained unchanged for about two years.

I am blocking certain countries such as Nigeria for spammer and fraud problems by using ip addresses. When a user from Nigeria or a similar country is blocked they are brought to a particular page, while a friendly country like the United States or England is allowed to go into my site without being brought to a bogus page. I am getting many complaints from my members, and I experienced this myself, that once I upgraded to IE 7.0 members from friendly countries are being redirected to a bogus page as if they are coming from Nigeria. It does not happen all the time, but it has happened several time with myself and other members.

I know this sounds a bit strange.

suntra

Microsoft product, so don't expect too much... !!

msnhockey

i haven't had no problems with the php as that has nothing do do with it, but it not what I expected and don't recommend it to anyone. Use Mozilla or Firefox or something more reliable

EPJS

LordRogaine wrote:
The code I have been using has been thoroughly tested on Firefor, Opera and all previous Internet Explorer versions. The code itself has remained unchanged for about two years.

I am blocking certain countries such as Nigeria for spammer and fraud problems by using ip addresses. When a user from Nigeria or a similar country is blocked they are brought to a particular page, while a friendly country like the United States or England is allowed to go into my site without being brought to a bogus page. I am getting many complaints from my members, and I experienced this myself, that once I upgraded to IE 7.0 members from friendly countries are being redirected to a bogus page as if they are coming from Nigeria. It does not happen all the time, but it has happened several time with myself and other members.

I know this sounds a bit strange.

Have you or your members checked to see if IE7 is using any proxies that would identify it as coming from Nigeria?

dotnotwhat

Are you able to show us the PHP code that checks where the client request is originating from (untrusted source / trusted source)?

Just to check IE7 isn't using some kind of proxy server that disguises the true client IP, can you put the following script on your server and request it using Firefox and IE7 (when you know IE7 isn't working as expected on your site). If you request the page using multiple browsers from the same PC at the same time, they should all give the same IP address unless one or more is using a proxy server.

<?php
echo "Web Browser: ".$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']."<br>";
echo "Client IP: ".$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
?>

If you post the output of this, may be helpful too.