Unable to enter data in PHP Order Form

[Guest cmjames]

I am starting a small home business and I have asked a developer to create an

Order Form in PHP. My developer has been using both IE 6 and IE 7 to test

the form and he does not have any issues.

 

When I tried testing the form on my end in IE 7, I was unable to enter some

of the fields and see the updates. I have tried re-installing IE 7 on my PC

and I have cross-checked my Internet settings with my developers and I have

not been able to resolve the issue.

 

I also tried downloading Firefox and tested the Order form in that browser

and it appears to be working fine. I am not sure why I am unable to do the

same in IE 7.

 

Can someone help me please? Thank you.

 

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cmjames

[Guest Twayne]

Re: Unable to enter data in PHP Order Form

 

> I am starting a small home business and I have asked a developer to

> create an Order Form in PHP. My developer has been using both IE 6

> and IE 7 to test the form and he does not have any issues.

>

> When I tried testing the form on my end in IE 7, I was unable to

> enter some of the fields and see the updates. I have tried

> re-installing IE 7 on my PC and I have cross-checked my Internet

> settings with my developers and I have not been able to resolve the

> issue.

>

> I also tried downloading Firefox and tested the Order form in that

> browser and it appears to be working fine. I am not sure why I am

> unable to do the same in IE 7.

>

> Can someone help me please? Thank you.

 

Unable to see "some" fields and their updates is a classical symptom of

browser incompatabilities that the developer failed to take into

account. Are you sure this was a "real" developer or just some friend

who thinks he can do web pages?

 

Did he use javascript or JAVA? If so do you have javascript enabled

and/or the latest JAVA installed? And old JAVA revs removed? This is

something your developer should have covered off with you when he

delivered the product.

 

Based on your comments, the problem isn't you; it's the "developer"; the

code isn't completed from the sound of it. First off, if he only used

IE6 and 7 to develop with, he's not a very good developer period. I

suspect it works in FireFox because that's what he actually developted

it with and never actually paid much attention to IE. To make an

application work in several browsers takes a little thought and

planning, else you end up with it working fine in one browser and

terribly or not at all in other browsers: But not a lot of thought and

planning is required since the required information is all over the

'net and how to handle same is easy to come across, especially for PHP.

The other possibility is that he wrote code for a more advanced

version of PHP than your server has installed. Did he check that for

you? If he wrote it in 5.2.6 and the server has 4.x.x, or even 5.2.3,

there would well be problems.

 

Have you ASKED the developer about this? A good developer will jump

all over himself to make certain and prove to you that his code is

perfect. If he's not doing that the code is suspect IMO, and he needs

to finish it OR help you figure out what's not set correspondingly in

your own system, although I don't think it's your system.

 

My 2 ¢ anyway; HTH,

 

Twayne

[Guest st]

Re: Unable to enter data in PHP Order Form

 

"cmjames" <cmjames@discussions.microsoft.com> сообщил/сообщила в новостях следующее: news:627D9B7F-63A6-4290-85CC-78870B9104FA@microsoft.com...

>I am starting a small home business and I have asked a developer to create an

> Order Form in PHP. My developer has been using both IE 6 and IE 7 to test

> the form and he does not have any issues.

>

> When I tried testing the form on my end in IE 7, I was unable to enter some

> of the fields and see the updates. I have tried re-installing IE 7 on my PC

> and I have cross-checked my Internet settings with my developers and I have

> not been able to resolve the issue.

 

Download the php document in question from your hosting provider and enter somewhere in php block:

 

print_r($HTTP_POST_VARS);

 

that should significantly help you with troubleshooting.

[Guest cmjames]

Re: Unable to enter data in PHP Order Form

 

Thank you for your help, much appreciated. I will look into what have said

and speak to the developer about what you have pointed out. Thanks again.

--

cmjames

 

 

"Twayne" wrote:

> > I am starting a small home business and I have asked a developer to

> > create an Order Form in PHP. My developer has been using both IE 6

> > and IE 7 to test the form and he does not have any issues.

> >

> > When I tried testing the form on my end in IE 7, I was unable to

> > enter some of the fields and see the updates. I have tried

> > re-installing IE 7 on my PC and I have cross-checked my Internet

> > settings with my developers and I have not been able to resolve the

> > issue.

> >

> > I also tried downloading Firefox and tested the Order form in that

> > browser and it appears to be working fine. I am not sure why I am

> > unable to do the same in IE 7.

> >

> > Can someone help me please? Thank you.

>

> Unable to see "some" fields and their updates is a classical symptom of

> browser incompatabilities that the developer failed to take into

> account. Are you sure this was a "real" developer or just some friend

> who thinks he can do web pages?

>

> Did he use javascript or JAVA? If so do you have javascript enabled

> and/or the latest JAVA installed? And old JAVA revs removed? This is

> something your developer should have covered off with you when he

> delivered the product.

>

> Based on your comments, the problem isn't you; it's the "developer"; the

> code isn't completed from the sound of it. First off, if he only used

> IE6 and 7 to develop with, he's not a very good developer period. I

> suspect it works in FireFox because that's what he actually developted

> it with and never actually paid much attention to IE. To make an

> application work in several browsers takes a little thought and

> planning, else you end up with it working fine in one browser and

> terribly or not at all in other browsers: But not a lot of thought and

> planning is required since the required information is all over the

> 'net and how to handle same is easy to come across, especially for PHP.

> The other possibility is that he wrote code for a more advanced

> version of PHP than your server has installed. Did he check that for

> you? If he wrote it in 5.2.6 and the server has 4.x.x, or even 5.2.3,

> there would well be problems.

>

> Have you ASKED the developer about this? A good developer will jump

> all over himself to make certain and prove to you that his code is

> perfect. If he's not doing that the code is suspect IMO, and he needs

> to finish it OR help you figure out what's not set correspondingly in

> your own system, although I don't think it's your system.

>

> My 2 ¢ anyway; HTH,

>

> Twayne

>

>

>

[Guest cmjames]

Re: Unable to enter data in PHP Order Form

 

Thank you. I will try that as well.

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cmjames

 

 

"st" wrote:

> "cmjames" <cmjames@discussions.microsoft.com> сообщил/сообщила в новостях следующее: news:627D9B7F-63A6-4290-85CC-78870B9104FA@microsoft.com...

> >I am starting a small home business and I have asked a developer to create an

> > Order Form in PHP. My developer has been using both IE 6 and IE 7 to test

> > the form and he does not have any issues.

> >

> > When I tried testing the form on my end in IE 7, I was unable to enter some

> > of the fields and see the updates. I have tried re-installing IE 7 on my PC

> > and I have cross-checked my Internet settings with my developers and I have

> > not been able to resolve the issue.

>

> Download the php document in question from your hosting provider and enter somewhere in php block:

>

> print_r($HTTP_POST_VARS);

>

> that should significantly help you with troubleshooting