Posted by Jeff on 11/15/11 11:23

I created a form page with HTTP Authentication that works with a MySQL
backend. In addition to a username and
password, there is a 3rd field tied to each entry. For example:

username: 1111
password: 2222
firstname: John

So, when the user enters the u and p, the name 'John' will show up as an
input value in a form that will be submitted.

$sql = "SELECT * FROM login WHERE
username = '$PHP_AUTH_USER' AND
password = '$PHP_AUTH_PW'";

$result = mysql_query( $sql )
or die ( 'Unable to execute query.' );
$s = mysql_fetch_array($result);

THEN

<input name="firstname" type="hidden" value="<? echo("$s[firstname]\n");
?>">
<? print("$s[firstname]\n"); ?>


Strange thing is, the admin output page I made to read this works in
Firefox, Safari, and Netscape. But, when I submit the form and look at
the output page in Internet Explorer....I get a blank page (even though
the data shows in the table). When, I changed the value to a
non-variable, then it works in IE. So, how do you think I can change
this to work with IE since most of our users use this.

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