Why does this "Page Update" script work in IE and not in NS4.76 and NS6.0??

[WP1]

Hello,

I am having a problem with the "page update" script near the bottom of the page.

It is written in JavaScript. It shows properly in IE but not in NS 4.76 or 6.0. I cannot understand what the problem is. I have tested 4 scripts and this happens with each one.

On one page I placed an "update page" script directly on the page,
http://www.ironstone.f2s.com/final3.shtml

On another page I placed the same "update page" script by using SSI
http://www.ironstone.f2s.com/final4.shtml

The same thing happened on each page when I used IE, NS4.76 and NS6.0.

Cannot understand what is going on.

My basic questions are these[list=1][*]Why will the date and time not show correctly in NS for the "update page" script??[*]Is there another script I can use which will not cause this problem??[/list=1]

Any and all input and responses appreciated.

WP

[freddydoesphp]

Client side technologies are way too buggy accross platforms that is why you are having difficulty. Do you have ant sevrerside technologies running that you can use. IE PHP if so and it is PHP4 you can simpy use

<?="This Page last updated ".date("m/d/Y g:i:s", filemtime($SCRIPT_FILENAME))?>

IF its php3

<?
print "This Page last updated ".date("m/d/Y g:i:s", filemtime($SCRIPT_FILENAME));
?>

[scrubz]

Check out the explanation at the very bottom of this page:

http://developer.irt.org/script/1037.htm

Could this be your issue?

[WP1]

Hi,

Thanks for responding.

The code I am using is the following,

<script>
<!--//hide
document.write(document.lastModified);
//end hide-->
</script>

I cannot figure out if that is my problem or not. I am limited in JavaScript knowledge.

WP

[freddydoesphp]

WP1

I am pretty sure that NN doesn't support the document.lastModified object. That is why I provided a cross-browser server-sdie solution. If this is not an option then there are certianly other ways. But I am pretty sure that you can't rely on document.lastModified and have it work in all browsers.

[WP1]

Hi freddydoesphp,

Appreciate your response.

I put the pHp code into the page but all I got back when I loaded the page was a thin line where the "Page Update" should have been.

Freedom2Surf has PHP 4 version 4.0.3pl1 installed.

I tried both the scripts you suggested for PHP4 and PHP3. This is the script I included it in.

For PHP 4

<CENTER>
<!--  BEGIN MID TABLE -- Update -->
<TABLE  width="400" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR>
<td COLSPAN="5" ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#A37951">
<?="This Page last updated ".date("m/d/Y g:i:s", filemtime($SCRIPT_FILENAME))?>
</td>
</TR>
<TR>
<td COLSPAN="5" ALIGN="center" HEIGHT="3"></td>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<!--  BEGIN MID TABLE -- Update -->
</CENTER>

For PHP 3

<CENTER>
<!--  BEGIN MID TABLE -- Update -->
<TABLE  width="400" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR>
<td COLSPAN="5" ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#A37951">
<?
print "This Page last updated ".date("m/d/Y g:i:s", filemtime($SCRIPT_FILENAME));
?>
</td>
</TR>
<TR>
<td COLSPAN="5" ALIGN="center" HEIGHT="3"></td>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<!--  BEGIN MID TABLE -- Update -->
</CENTER>

Any additional Help or Suggestions you can give me will be appreciated.

WP