RE: weird browser problem - resolved

Try <?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?> instead of <? PHP_SELF ?>. Remember this is=20
processed by the server not the client (NS4 in this case). What is=20
confusing NS4 is that the server is sending nothing for <? PHP_SELF ?>.

Josu=E9


At 12:54 PM 9/12/2002 -0700, chip.wiegand(at)simrad.com wrote:

>Josu=E9 Figueira Machado <jmachado(at)mindspring.com> wrote on 09/12/2002
>12:21:22 PM:
>
> > I think it is because your form action is blank.
>
>Yep, I changed the form action from <? PHP_SELF ?> to the page name and now
>it works.
>Good to know that <? PHP_SELF ?> is not compatible with the netscape 4.x
>and older
>browsers. It does work with IE3 though.
>
>Thanks for the tip
>--
>Chip
>
>
> > NS4.x doesn't understand
> > where to go and sends you somewhere where without permissions. Note URLs
> > after you submit the form:
>
> > Mozilla:
> >
>http://www.simradusa.com/auth_dealers/rma_output.php?account=3D01-01jakes&s=
ubmit=3DSubmit&rma_no
>
>
>
> > NS4:
> >
>http://www.simradusa.com/auth_dealers/?account=3D01-01jakes&submit=3DSubmit=
&rma_no
>
>
>
> > rma_output.php is missing on the second one.
>
> > Josu=E9
>
> >
> > At 11:59 AM 9/12/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> > >"Missy Scott" <mbscott(at)d-assistance.com> wrote on 09/12/2002 11:34:53
>AM:
> > >
> > > > I remember troubleshooting something similar once and the culprit=
 was
>a
> > > > double tag somewhere... the older browser ignored it but it choked
>the
> > > > newer... didn't know which set of instructions to follow.  Check the
>form
> > > > tags, the hidden input tags, etc.
> > > > Missy
> > > > PS... maybe get a better answer with a URL?
> > >
> > >Hmm, well a misplaced tag would cause page display problems, but a
>server
> > >Forbidden error? I'm not so sure about that.
> > >
> > >The url is http://www.simradusa.com/auth_dealers/rma_output.php
> > >there is no link to this page from any page in www.simradusa.com, it is
> > >strictly for testing. To test the form enter 01-01jakes into the Dealer
> > >Account Name box.
> > >
> > >This page works great in browser versions 5.x or newer, mozilla 1 and
>1.1
> > >even old IE3.02, just not netscape 4.x (which also does not display the
> > >page contents correctly anyway).
> > >
> > >--
> > >Chip
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > > > [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of
> > > > chip.wiegand(at)simrad.com
> > > > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 1:51 PM
> > > > To: html_list
> > > > Subject: weird browser problem
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I have been testing a new web page for my company, using the latest
> > > > versions of Mozilla, Netscape, and IE.
> > > > When I load the working page in an older 4.x version of Netscape,=
 the
> > >form
> > > > submission results in a
> > > > Forbidden - you do not have access to ...........
> > > > error.
> > > > Anyone have any idea why the older browser will get this but the
>newer
> > > > browser will not?
> > > > Regards,
> > > > --
> > > > Chip Wiegand
> > > > Computer Services
> > > > Simrad, Inc
> > > > www.simradusa.com
> > > > chip.wiegand(at)simrad.com
> > >
> > > > "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
> > > >      --Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital
>Equipment
> > > > Corporation, 1977
> > > >  (They why do I have 9? Somebody help me!)

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