Question

I have this ajax_update script that updates file.php every 60 seconds.. Now file.php outputs this after updated a table:

<div id="message" style="display: none;" onclick="closeNotice()">this works
</div>

What I am trying to do is that after file.php have updated a field in the database(points), there will come up a message like stackoverflow at the top(just like when you earn a badge) saying that you have received 1 point. anyway:

Here’s my update script:

function addpoints()  { 
  var postFile = 'addpoints.php?userid='+ $('#user_id_points').val();
  $.post(postFile, function(data){
    $("#points").html(data).find("#message").fadeIn("slow")
    setTimeout(addpoints, 5000);
  });
}  

Now, i have in my index.php, and a load function addpoints script..

But why will this only appear in FF and not in IE?

I have checked with w3c validator, if it could be unclosed tags or something, i fixed all problems and now i have no errors, but still it doesnt work.

So what to do?

You can see my site here: http://azzyh.dk/newgen/area/member/indextest.php

(use FF and you will see the message at the top, use IE and you wont see anything)

Im pretty lost. thank you

Answer 1

Other browsers can be more forgiving of errors in your files than IE. IE will encounter an error and simply stop processing. By default, it will not notify you. Here is your error:

Message: Expected ‘)’
Line: 41
Char: 243
Code: 0
URI: http://azzyh.dk/newgen/area/member/indextest.php

If you run Firebug, you will see Firefox report the same error as well.