Netscape not passing variables

[Anon]

Hi,

This is different from the usual 'Netscape isn't recognizing my variable's values that have whitespaces in them.'

I'm sending values via Get, and the values have no spaces in them, but php doesn't seem to be catching them when Netscape is used.

I don't want to use form tags and hidden values unless it is a last and only resort.

Here's the url:

<a href=http://advantagegear.com/dev/page1.php?cat=Books&sub_cat=Sci-Fi&get_sub_cat=yes

http://advantagegear.com/dev/page1.php?cat=Books&sub_cat=Sci-Fi&get_sub_cat=yes</a>

Perhaps Netscape doesn't recognize the '&' symbol?

It reads cat=Books, but nothing else after that.

Interestingly enough, I'm viewing this Forum with Netscape, and there are multiple values being sent via Get and no problems.

Any help, much appreciated.

Matt

[Anon]

Cleaning up that link:

http://advantagegear.com/dev/page1.php?cat=Books&sub_cat=Sci-Fi&get_sub_cat=yes

I guess you'll just have to copy and paste it.

Again, any help, thanks!

[Anon]

Hi!

Maybe should you try the urlencode() function.

urlencode(string)

It will replace spaces by %20 and other "special" characters by %xx (xx is a number).

Microsoft Internet Explorer automatically replaces "special" characters, what Netscape doesn't do.

Hub. Lem.

[Anon]

Oh, crud, '&' is probably a special character. Duh. I'll give it a shot.

[Anon]

Shoot.

Not working.

If you 'View Source', you can see the variables and values are properly appended to the link, but when you mouse over the link you can see that the link shows up as incomplete in the browser's status line (lower left hand corner of browser).

Thus, "page1.php?cat=Books&sub_cat=Romance&get_sub_cat=yes" shows up as "page1.php?cat=Books" and gets sent to the browser that way.

However, for some reason, "page1.php?cat=Books&get_sub_cat=yes" is being sent correctly.

Here's the specific code. Since the page calls itself, at the top, I have:

---

urldecode($sub_link);
urldecode($link);

---

and in the body:

---

$link="<a href=\"page1.php?cat=$cat_from_db&get_sub_cat=yes\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\" color=\"black\" class=\"Text1\" onmouseover=\"this.style.color = 'red'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.color = 'black'\"><b>$cat_from_db</b></font></a><br>\n";
urlencode($link);
print "$link";

$sub_link="&nbsp;<a href=page1.php?cat=$cat&sub_cat=$append_sub_cat&get_sub_cat=yes><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\" color=\"black\" class=\"Text1\" onmouseover=\"this.style.color = 'red'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.color = 'black'\">|-$append_sub_cat</font></a><br>\n";
urlencode($sub_link); print "$sub_link";

[Anon]

I tried your page with Netscape NAVIGAYOR 4.0x) and it works perfectly...

But are you using Netscape 4 or 6?

Hub. Lem.

[synapse0]

i'm not sure i'm fully understanding what's going on.. but here's a few hints..
when reading in the variables, try using $cat = $HTTP_GET_VARS[cat] as i've seen several problems trying to just use the variable ($cat)
when echoing the link, put the string in quotes:
echo "<a href=\"http://www.yak.com/blah.php?cat=$cat&dog=$dog\">blah</a>"
i don't think it's a netscape thing..
anyway, hope that helps a bit..
-Syn

[Anon]

Thanks.

I've tried them all but nothing works.

The bizarre thing is that 'sub_cat=Sci-Fi' (or any sub-category title) is appended to the url in the source code, but it doesn't show up in the status bar when the link is moused over, nor does it show up in the url address field even though the two variables on both sides of it do.

I think it is a Netscape thing because it works in IE and other versions of Netscape other than 6.

I've left the problem to be solved in the footer of the webpage with all the pertinent data to keep it in the foreground for me. Hopefully I find something along the way.

http://www.advantagegear.com/dev/

[Anon]

Hi!

I'm looking for help to the very same problem as you did about a year ago. Did you find the way to pass variables correctly with Netscape?

My code looks like that:
printf("<li><a href=\"uutinen.php?pvm=%s&otsikko=%s&nimi=%s&kirjoittaja=%s\">%s</a></li>", $pvm, $otsikko, $nimi, $kirjoittaja, $otsikko);

Other browsers than Netscape (4.07) show the result page all right, but Netscape doesn't get any other variables but the first one and small part of the second one. Are there some restrictions for how long the url can be for Netscape?

If you find the way to do it properely with Netscape I'm glad to hear how it is possible?

Pirjo K.