Problem with HTTP POST data in MSIE6, PHP4.3.3. Sorry for the multipost!

[Jeffrey Silverman]

First of all, I apologize for multiposting. I am now reposting and
crossposting in an attempt to reach a broader audience. Here is the
original posting... (with some small changes)

I am tearing my hair out trying to reproduce a problem. The one client
user who has this problem is running IE6 on WinXP Pro.

I tried reproducing the problem in Opera, Mozilla, IE5 on Win2k, IE6 on
Win2k, but no luck. It all worked fine!

Here is the problem:

Occasionally, all of the HTTP POST data is lost. Poof! It just
disappears, with the exception of the PHPSESSID, which leads me to think
it is not a sessions problem.

Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce the problem! I am at a loss on what
details to give that would help. My only hope is that someone else,
somewhere, has experienced a similar symptom, and solved it!

Here is as much relevant data as I can think of:

* I am using Editize, an integrated WYSIWYG HTML editor (Java Applet) in
place of an HTML textarea.
* I am using sessions. session_start() and $_SESSION.
* Server is PHP Version 4.3.3, Apache 1.3.27, Red Hat 9 * The symptom
occurs when the user goes to an update form (HTML form), fills in the
information and clicks submit. I have been able to verify that ONLY the
PHPSESSID is getting passed from the form. All the other form vars just
disappear!
* I use $_REQUEST in the PHP script that processes the form.

I can't think of anything else. If anyone can help me on this, I'll give
them a present! (Nothing big; maybe a cookie or something.)

Thank you in advance.

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Jeffrey D. Silverman | jeffrey AT jhu DOT edu
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[Mart]

Jeffrey Silverman wrote:

First of all, I apologize for multiposting. I am now reposting and
crossposting in an attempt to reach a broader audience. Here is the
original posting... (with some small changes)

I am tearing my hair out trying to reproduce a problem. The one client
user who has this problem is running IE6 on WinXP Pro.

I tried reproducing the problem in Opera, Mozilla, IE5 on Win2k, IE6 on
Win2k, but no luck. It all worked fine!

Here is the problem:

Occasionally, all of the HTTP POST data is lost. Poof! It just
disappears, with the exception of the PHPSESSID, which leads me to think
it is not a sessions problem.

Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce the problem! I am at a loss on what
details to give that would help. My only hope is that someone else,
somewhere, has experienced a similar symptom, and solved it!

Here is as much relevant data as I can think of:

* I am using Editize, an integrated WYSIWYG HTML editor (Java Applet) in
place of an HTML textarea.
* I am using sessions. session_start() and $_SESSION.
* Server is PHP Version 4.3.3, Apache 1.3.27, Red Hat 9 * The symptom
occurs when the user goes to an update form (HTML form), fills in the
information and clicks submit. I have been able to verify that ONLY the
PHPSESSID is getting passed from the form. All the other form vars just
disappear!
* I use $_REQUEST in the PHP script that processes the form.

I can't think of anything else. If anyone can help me on this, I'll give
them a present! (Nothing big; maybe a cookie or something.)

Thank you in advance.

maybe u show the html code of the form. is the content of the wysiwyg
editor the only thing what is missing when submitting? if that is, maybe
there is a deeper problem in the editize script, that it dont
correctly update the postarea before form is being submitted.

Mart

[Jeffrey Silverman]

On Wed, 05 May 2004 14:14:05 +0300, Mart wrote:

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maybe u show the html code of the form. is the content of the wysiwyg
editor the only thing what is missing when submitting? if that is, maybe
there is a deeper problem in the editize script, that it dont
correctly update the postarea before form is being submitted.

Mart

Thanks for the reply. It turned out to almost certainly be a bug with MSIE
and KeepAlive connections. I extended the KeepAliveTimeOut interval on
apache to 60seconds. Problem (apparently) solved.

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