php form not working with IE

[jbrown007]

Have a form that works with FF, Chrome but not working with any version of IE.

http://www.tetonvillagesports.net/reso.htm

the contact.php script is as follows:

<?php
/* Set e-mail recipient */
$myemail  = "rentals@example.com";


/* Check all form inputs using check_input function */
$group = check_input($_POST['group']);
$yourname = check_input($_POST['yourname']);
$address = check_input($_POST['address']);
$city = check_input($_POST['city']);
$state = check_input($_POST['state']);
$zip = check_input($_POST['zip']);
$phone = check_input($_POST['phone']);
$email = check_input($_POST['email'], "Enter your email address");
$arrival_date = check_input($_POST['arrival_date']);
$departure_date = check_input($_POST['departure_date']);
$local_lodging = check_input($_POST['local_lodging']);
$num_days = check_input($_POST['num_days']);
$name1 = check_input($_POST['name1']);
$age1 = check_input($_POST['age1']);
$height1 = check_input($_POST['height1']);
$weight1 = check_input($_POST['weight1']);
$sport_equip1 = check_input($_POST['1sport_equi1p']);
$sport_ski_size1 = check_input($_POST['sport_ski_size1']);
$demo_equip1 = check_input($_POST['demo_equip1']);
$demo_ski_model1 = check_input($_POST['demo_ski_model1']);
$demo_ski_size1 = check_input($_POST['demo_ski_size1']);
$shoe_size1 = check_input($_POST['shoe_size1']);
$board_equip1 = check_input($_POST['board_equip1']);
$board_size1 = check_input($_POST['board_size1']);
$jr_equip1 = check_input($_POST['jr_equip1']);
$jr_ski_size1 = check_input($_POST['jr_ski_size1']);
$skier_type1 = check_input($_POST['skier_type1']);
$comment1 = check_input($_POST['comment1']);
$name2 = check_input($_POST['name2']);
$age2 = check_input($_POST['age2']);
$height2 = check_input($_POST['height2']);
$weight2 = check_input($_POST['weight2']);
$sport_equip2 = check_input($_POST['sport_equip2']);
$sport_ski_size2 = check_input($_POST['sport_ski_size2']);
$demo_equip2 = check_input($_POST['demo_equip2']);
$demo_ski_model2 = check_input($_POST['demo_ski_model2']);
$demo_ski_size2 = check_input($_POST['demo_ski_size2']);
$shoe_size2 = check_input($_POST['shoe_size2']);
$board_equip2 = check_input($_POST['board_equip2']);
$board_size2 = check_input($_POST['board_size2']);
$jr_equip2 = check_input($_POST['jr_equip2']);
$jr_ski_size2 = check_input($_POST['jr_ski_size2']);
$skier_type2 = check_input($_POST['skier_type2']);
$comment2 = check_input($_POST['comment2']);
$name3 = check_input($_POST['name3']);
$age3 = check_input($_POST['age3']);
$height3 = check_input($_POST['height3']);
$weight3 = check_input($_POST['weight3']);
$sport_equip3 = check_input($_POST['sport_equip3']);
$sport_ski_size3 = check_input($_POST['sport_ski_size3']);
$demo_equip3 = check_input($_POST['demo_equip3']);
$demo_ski_model3 = check_input($_POST['demo_ski_model3']);
$demo_ski_size3 = check_input($_POST['demo_ski_size3']);
$shoe_size3 = check_input($_POST['shoe_size3']);
$board_equip3 = check_input($_POST['board_equip3']);
$board_size3 = check_input($_POST['board_size3']);
$jr_equip3 = check_input($_POST['jr_equip3']);
$jr_ski_size3 = check_input($_POST['jr_ski_size3']);
$skier_type3 = check_input($_POST['skier_type3']);
$comment3 = check_input($_POST['comment3']);
$name4 = check_input($_POST['name4']);
$age4 = check_input($_POST['age4']);
$height4 = check_input($_POST['height4']);
$weight4 = check_input($_POST['weight4']);
$sport_equip4 = check_input($_POST['sport_equip4']);
$sport_ski_size4 = check_input($_POST['sport_ski_size4']);
$demo_equip4 = check_input($_POST['demo_equip4']);
$demo_ski_model4 = check_input($_POST['demo_ski_model4']);
$demo_ski_size4 = check_input($_POST['demo_ski_size4']);
$shoe_size4 = check_input($_POST['shoe_size4']);
$board_equip4 = check_input($_POST['board_equip4']);
$board_size4 = check_input($_POST['board_size4']);
$jr_equip4 = check_input($_POST['jr_equip4']);
$jr_ski_size4 = check_input($_POST['jr_ski_size4']);
$skier_type4 = check_input($_POST['skier_type4']);
$comment4 = check_input($_POST['comment4']);


/* If e-mail is not valid show error message */
if (!preg_match("/([\w\-]+\@[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/", $email))
{
    show_error("E-mail address not valid");
}


/* Let's prepare the message for the e-mail */
$message = "What is up your rentalness!

Everybody wants some, this person wants some too:
_______________________________________
Group Name: $group

Name: $yourname
Contact Address: $address
City: $city
State: $state
Zip Code: $zip
Daytime Phone:  $phone
Contact E-mail: $email
Arrival Date: $arrival_date
Departure Date: $departure_date
Local Accomodations: $local_lodging
Number of days skiing: $num_days
__________________________________________
RENTER #1
   Name: $name1
   Birth Date:  $age1
   Height (ft/in): $height1
   Weight (lbs): $weight1
SPORT EQUIPMENT
   Package Type: $sport_equip1
   Sport Ski Size: $sport_ski_size1
   Shoe size: $shoe_size1
DEMO SKIS
   Package Type: $demo_equip1
   Demo ski model: $demo_ski_model1
   Demo Ski size: $demo_ski_size1
   Shoe size: $shoe_size1
SNOWBOARD
   Package Type: $board_equip1
   Board size: $board_size1
   Shoe size: $shoe_size1
KID'S EQUIPMENT (12 and under)
   Junior Pakage: $jr_equip1
   Ski Length: $jr_ski_size1
   Shoe size: $shoe_size1
Skier Type: $skier_type1
Comments: $comment1
___________________________________
RENTER #2
   Name: $name2
   Birth Date:  $age2
   Height (ft/in): $height2
   Weight (lbs): $weight2
SPORT EQUIPMENT
   Package Type: $sport_equip2
   Sport Ski Size: $sport_ski_size2
   Shoe size: $shoe_size2
DEMO SKIS
   Package Type: $demo_equip2
   Demo ski model: $demo_ski_model2
   Demo Ski size: $demo_ski_size2
   Shoe size: $shoe_size2
SNOWBOARD
   Package Type: $board_equip2
   Board size: $board_size2
   Shoe size: $shoe_size2
KID'S EQUIPMENT (1 and under)
   Junior Pakage: $jr_equip2
   Ski Length: $jr_ski_size2
   Shoe size: $shoe_size2
Skier Type: $skier_type2
Comments: $comment2
________________________________________
RENTER #3
   Name: $name3
   Birth Date:  $age3
   Height (ft/in): $height3
   Weight (lbs): $weight3
SPORT EQUIPMENT
   Package Type: $sport_equip3
   Sport Ski Size: $sport_ski_size3
   Shoe size: $shoe_size3
DEMO SKIS
   Package Type: $demo_equip3
   Demo ski model: $demo_ski_model3
   Demo Ski size: $demo_ski_size3
   Shoe size: $shoe_size3
SNOWBOARD
   Package Type: $board_equip3
   Board size: $board_size3
   Shoe size: $shoe_size3
KID'S EQUIPMENT (12 and under)
   Junior Pakage: $jr_equip3
   Ski Length: $jr_ski_size3
   Shoe size: $shoe_size3
Skier Type: $skier_type3
Comments: $comment3
_____________________________
RENTER #4
   Name: $name4
   Birth Date:  $age4
   Height (ft/in): $height4
   Weight (lbs): $weight4
SPORT EQUIPMENT
   Package Type: $sport_equip4
   Sport Ski Size: $sport_ski_size4
   Shoe size: $shoe_size4
DEMO SKIS
   Package Type: $demo_equip4
   Demo ski model: $demo_ski_model4
   Demo Ski size: $demo_ski_size4
   Shoe size: $shoe_size4
SNOWBOARD
   Package Type: $board_equip4
   Board size: $board_size4
   Shoe size: $shoe_size4
KID'S EQUIPMENT (12 and under)
   Junior Pakage: $jr_equip4
   Ski Length: $jr_ski_size4
   Shoe size: $shoe_size4
Skier Type: $skier_type4
Comments: $comment4


End of message
";

$subject = "Rental Reservation";

/* Send the message using mail() function */
mail($myemail, $subject, $message);

/* Redirect visitor to the thank you page */
header('Location: http://www.tetonvillagesports.com/thanks.html');
exit();

/* Functions we used */
function check_input($data, $problem='')
{
    $data = trim($data);
    $data = stripslashes($data);
    $data = htmlspecialchars($data);
    if ($problem && strlen($data) == 0)
    {
        show_error($problem);
    }
    return $data;
}

function show_error($myError)
{
?>
    <html>
    <body>

    <b>Please correct the following error:</b><br />
    <?php echo $myError; ?>

    </body>
    </html>
<?php
exit();
}
?>

Any thoughts would be appreciated

[jbrown007]

Never mind I figured it out.

[Atli]

Hey.

How exactly is it now working? Can you elaborate on that please.

It would also help to see the HTML form (or a part of it, at least) that triggers this code. Since this is a browser issue, the problem is most likely not in the PHP code, but rather in the HTML form.


Also, since you have a LOT of input fields that you need to check...
Rather than type them out like that, manually writing each one into the check_input function and creating a global variable for each of them, you might want to try a more dynamic way, using arrays:
[code=php]<?php
// Set up a list of fields and their respective problem texts.
$fields = array(
'name' => 'Enter a valid name!',
'email' => 'Your email address is invalid!',
'field3' => '',
'etc...' => ''
);

// An array to hold the data for the fields.
$data = array();

// Go through the field list and check the input for each of them.
foreach($fields as $_name => $_problem) {
$data[$_name] = check_input($_P OST[$_name], $_problem);
}

// Do something with the data
$text = <<<TEXT
Some string that you would inject the data into:
Name: {$data['name']}
Email: {$data['email']}
Field3: {$data['field3']}
TEXT;
?>[/code]
This way you don't have to manually use the function for each field, and it's a little more organized. You could even pull the field list from another source. (Not that that's necessarily a good idea :P)

And by using the $data array like that, you don't clutter the global scope with random variables, which is good. (Keeping the global scope clear is always best)

[jbrown007]

Thanks for the input, I appreciate the help. The form is located at

http://www.tetonvillagesports.com/rentreso.html

The problem was resolved after I finally realized the Submit button was outside of the form tags. Everything (other than terrible coding) is now going great.

[Atli]

Glad to hear that.
It always seems that these sort of minor oversights cause the biggest problems :)