ie8 style switcher bug?

jmillspaysbills

Hi Guys and Gals. Let me first say how much I appreciate your help with past problems from searching this board. I've been lurking about, but have never had a problem I couldn't find the answer to online.

This one may be pretty simple or it may be just completely impossible. I have no idea.

I found a style switcher php script, that is super easy. It uses cookes (i know, i know) you can view the page here:

http://64.39.65.107/home.php

We're using this style swicher to switch between styles so the users can find clues, once they do they'll get a coupon for a free drink.

(click the different buttons on the iphone)

In ie8, you can select one style initially, but it will not select a different style unless you clear your cookies.

Anyway, the script works great in ie6/7, firefox, safari, mac/pc, but NOT ie8. I'm completely dumbfounded. I've asked some people that know about PHP and they say the script looks accurate.

below is the code for the switcher.php

<?php
/* expire in 1 year */
setcookie("sitestyle", $_GET['set'], time()+31536000);
header("Location: /home.php");
echo $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER] 
?>

below is the code on each page that will determine the style selected

<!-- sticky; will not change -->
<link href="/css/main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" title="User Defined Style" href="/css/<?php echo (!$_COOKIE["sitestyle"])?'default':$_COOKIE["sitestyle"] ?>.css" />


<!-- alternative; optional -->
<link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" title="knockoutPunch" href="/css/knockoutPunch.css" />
<link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" title="bayBreeze" href="/css/bayBreeze.css" />
<link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" title="painKiller" href="/css/painKiller.css" />
<link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" title="whiteRussian" href="/css/whiteRussian.css" />
<link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" title="margarita" href="/css/margarita.css" />

Like I said, I have absolutely no idea what could be causing this to not work in ie8. Do you know of any bugs? Is it something I can't fix?

Thanks in advance for all your help. I really appreciate ANY input you can give me, however insignificant.

ixalmida

If it works in IE7, why don't you force IE8 into Compatability Mode?

<head>
  <!-- Mimic Internet Explorer 7 -->
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" >
</head>

More info at: MDSN

jmillspaysbills

I hadn't thought of that. I tried it this weekend, and it still didn't work. I did find that it works on ie8 in XP proffessional, but not XP home nor vista home.

Still not sure of what exactly could be the problem.

I did try 3 other scripts, all worked in the other browsers, but not ie8.

I'm at a complete loss as to why this isn't working.

johanafm

Strange. Overwriting cookies should work in IE8 as well, but I've no possibility to test in vista/xp home atm.

However, you could try unsetting the cookie first, then setting the new one.

And while you're at it, fix this as well

(!$_COOKIE["sitestyle"])?'default':$_COOKIE["sitestyle"]

If the cookie is not set, an error (E_NOTICE) occurs. Moreover, yoursite.com/switch.php?set=0 will indeed set the cookie, with value of 0, which means the above line of code outputs 'default'. Counterintuitive.

Wouldn't you rather want:

isset($_COOKIE[''])? ...

And do quote the string

echo $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]

-> echo $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']

jmillspaysbills

johanafm, thanks for your help.

Since I'm not a PHP expert, would you mind reviewing what I've got? I'm not 100% clear as to what you meant, so I've tried to deduce what you think I should do.

Is this correct?

<?php
setcookie(!'default':$COOKIE["sitestyle"], time()+31536000);
header("Location: /home.php");
echo $SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']
?>

Additionaly, I'm not sure what you mean by "wouldn't I rather want"

isset($_COOKIE[''])? ...

I'm not exactly sure what I should want. I hope you can tell me what is accurate and what I should be putting.

I really do appreciate your help. Thanks again for taking a look.

jmillspaysbills

I'm sorry, that was my old code.

<?php
setcookie(!$COOKIE["sitestyle"])?'default':$COOKIE["sitestyle"], time()+31536000);
header("Location: /home.php");
echo $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']
?>

This is what I have now, according to your corrections.

Thanks again, and sorry about that.

johanafm

What I meant was that it might be possible that you actually wished a cookie value of 0 to use the string 'default', while all other cookie values would use whatever they contained, but I didn't find it very likely. So, (using the originally posted setcookie code) I guessed what you were after was

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" title="User Defined Style" href="/css/<?php echo ( isset($_COOKIE["sitestyle"])?'default':$_COOKIE["sitestyle"] ?>.css" />