Oh osCom gurus please help this poor man

[digital_soul18]

Hello!

I really need someones help in this matter. It's confusing as hell and annoying as hell as the same time. Heres the quick run down

 

> Installed osComm on a test site -> www.digital-soul.com.au/digitalsoul/index.php

> Customised much of the look and feel of the program and its functional

> Having problem with the right hand side bar

> On some pages the screen extends to the far right and others it displays perfectly. For example visit these two sites:

 

Perfectly working page:

The picture of what it looks like on my screen:

http://www.digital-soul.com.au/digitalsoul/fine.JPG

 

The URL:

http://www.digital-soul.com.au/digitalsoul/index.php

 

 

Stuffed up page:

The picture of what it looks like on my screen:

http://www.digital-soul.com.au/digitalsoul/stuffed.JPG

 

The URL:

http://www.digital-soul.com.au/digitalsoul/webdesign.php

 

 

 

I have also set up a test web server on my computer and it displays every page perfectly; like this:

http://www.digital-soul.com.au/digitalsoul/fine2.JPG

 

 

 

I've compared the code of the perfect displaying page to the non working page and the ONLY difference I find is this:

 

</table>

</td>

</tr>

</</td> <------------- this line should have a "</table>" rather then "</"

</tr>

</table>

<!-- shopping_cart_eof //-->

<IMG SRC="images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=17>

<br>

<IMG SRC="images/Slice22.gif" WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=21>

<ul>

 

I can't seem to change the code for this in includes/classes/boxes.php (in $tableBox funcion or even in $infoBox) to force it to always write a "</table>" because I simply can't understand the code. Another reason is that if it displays fine on my webserver, why should I need change it at all? Is something wrong with my host?

 

My theory is that my host somehow doesn't allow long variables to be passed along scripts (ie. the tableBox_string is somewhat limited in size and can't grasp the final "</table>")

 

I really need some help on this task, I ask anyone with a kind heart to try and see where Im going wrong or what I can do. Thanks!!

 

:D :D

[peterr]

Hi,

 

I know what this is, a friend had the same problem a few days ago, give me 5 or 10 mins to do some searches and find it.

 

Basically, code gets over-written, it's a bug in PHP version, ... nope memory not good, give me 5 or 10 mins.

 

Peter

[241]

what is the actual code for the table containment for the right hand column in the file webdesign.php

[digital_soul18]

Thank you very much, ive also just realised that my host has PHP ver 4.2.2 whereas I have 4.3.2 - cheap b*stards havent even upgraded

[peterr]

Hi,

 

Found the thread, please see:

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=92003

 

Peter

[digital_soul18]

The code for the right hand file can be downloaded from:

http://www.digital-soul.com.au/column_right.zip

[peterr]

Hi,

 

Thank you very much, ive also just realised that my host has PHP ver 4.2.2 whereas I have 4.3.2 - cheap b*stards havent even upgraded

 

.. and would you beleive the fix to the bug is in PHP 4.3.x :D

 

Peter

[241]

A bit like this one then

 

PAGE DISPLAYS WRONG ON FIRST LOAD

 

catalog/includes/application_top.php

 

on the line below <?php at the very beginning of the file, add

 

ini_set ( 'session.use_trans_sid', 0);

[digital_soul18]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

this might just do the trick!!!... THANKS peterr!!!!! you've been an enormous help... now i can finally finish this thing and save me more red eye!! cheers! :D :D :D

[digital_soul18]

241 -> thanks again!! you showed me another way to do it... and it works!... cheers everyone! :)