FireFox Browser + PHP Bug?

General PHP Help
#1

Hello,

Ok, So I have a very odd issue…

I have a Shockwave 3D Multiplayer Game Hosted at my website http://apocalypsecity.net. The Game has a built in Registration System that is Based on PHP.

Users can Register and Login to their Accounts just fine under Chrome or Internet Explorer on my Domain / Website (above), but they can’t do so with FireFox!!!

Now here is the Kicker!

I have another Copy of my Game Hosted on My Developers Server at http://necromanthus.com/Games/ShockWave/ApocalypseCity.html

If I tried to Login here, it works perfectly fine on any Web Browser!

Now here is the different between our Setup.

my Web Server is Hosted at BlueHost.com (Shared Hosting w/ PHP5)

my Developers Web Server, is actually a Dedicated Linux Server (Physical Server w/PHP5)

Why would users be able to Login to my Game with Firefox Browser on my Developers Host, but not on mine?

We have narrowed it down to a PHP Problem, as we have an identical setup with all the same HTML, PHP, and DATABASE Files and Permissions Set.

What would cause something like this?

#2

Well, there are tons of possible reasons. First, PHP and servers running them have a huge number of settings hidden deep away. Any one could be different. Did you check the default PHP.INI in both servers?
And, look at both .htaccess files for each folder and make sure they do not have any page translations going on that are different. (just an idea)

Also, one problem I had with login’s turned out to be an issue with shared and non-shared servers. Is one of the servers a virtual (shared) server? If so, the IP is not a real IP. This could be an issue. There are a TON of PHP code and Javascript code that has to be altered for IE/FF… Hard to say!

Just curious of these two questions…

#3

No i did not check the PHP.ini, but i will today! =) Thanks…

and yes, i’m pretty sure it is on a Virtual (shared) server… = \

#4

I could try to get a dedicated IP for my Virtual Web Server? Maybe that will help?

#5

First, I would check the PHP.ini files in both servers. (Note, some servers hide that file and is only reachable by the admins of the server!) And, check the .htaccess files in each folder on both servers. That can cause page redirections and other issues…

Good luck…

(PS: I went to your site in IE and tried to load it so I could see a sample of the 3D. It loaded up and said 100% loaded, but, never did anything else. Was curious to see it in action… )

#6

Thanks again! Will check that out! and provide an update.

Regarding loading the game make sure u latest IE Browser and Adobe Shockwave Player, clear ur browser cache then try again. Let me know how it goes! Thanks 4 checking it out

#7

I peeked at your game on the good server. Interesting… Didn’t play it much, but the graphics worked fairly good. Curious how you wrote this… I don’t know anything about Shockwave… Have a sales app that I want to work in 3D… Yours runs on a PHP server?

#8

Actually I did not write this… i hired someone to do so! ; ) I’m just the owner / publisher of the game!

#9

by the way…

myself and my developer are both using the same php.ini file, and also both running on Fast CGI PHP, and no difference… = (

players still can’t login…

currently i had a re-director with a message notification for firefox players of my game for now, and currently testing the login on firefox via the following link:
apocalypsecity.net/test.html

i’m going to try and open up a ticket with FireFox Support, as it is definitely a BUG in FireFox, as all other browser work fine and read my php on my shared hosting server just fine.

#10

Hmmm, a couple of other ideas to look at…

Are you using the latest version of FF. I just upgraded mine and had to ENABLE some add-ons for it to work. Perhaps Shockwave is locked out. Check your preferences…

And, could it be a cookie issue inside FF? Grasping at straws for you, but, it could be something like this. Make sure you dump your cache inside FF before trying it too…

Good luck…

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