PHP - MYSQL bug - Works in Mozilla not IE6

Asearch.php
<form id=areasearch action=http://andimproudofit.com/searcharea.php method=post target=_blank>
Search By Area Code:<br>
<table><tr><td align=left width=50>
<input type=text name=asearch value="" size="3" class="required validate-number"></td><td align=right size=50><input type=submit value=GO! class="button_login"></input></td></tr></table>
</form> 
 
searcharea.php: 
<?php 
if (strlen($_POST['asearch']) == "3"){ 
	$mystring = $_POST["asearch"];
} else {
	$mystring = "0";
} 
include('header.php'); 
if($_POST['submit']){
    if(!isset($_SESSION['user']['username'])) $username = "Anonymous";
    else $username = $_SESSION['user']['username'];
    @$query = mysql_query("INSERT INTO `comps`(time,message,accepted,votes1,votes2,via,user,cat,numcoms,subcat) VALUES ('". time() ."', '". clean($_POST['comp']) ."', 'No', 0, 0, 'internet', '". $username ."', '". clean($_POST['cat']) ."', '0', '0')") or die(mysql_error());
    
    echo "<strong>Your submission has been received!</strong>
    <script type=\"text/javascript\"><!--
setTimeout('Redirect()',1000);
function Redirect()
{
    opener.location.href='./';
    window.close();
}
// --></script>";
} else { 

} 
$cnt = '<form action="submitCompliment.php" class="submit_form" method="POST" target="sendCommentIFrame">
    <table id="submissionform">
    <tr><td class="input" colspan=5>
    <textarea onfocus="javascript:document.getElementById(\'commbox\').value=\'\';" name="comp" rows="13" height="75" cols="20" id="commbox">'. $names[4] .'</textarea>
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    <input name="cat" type="hidden" value="'. key($catlist) .'" >'; 
$cnt .= '
</select></td></tr> <tr><td><input type="submit" name="Ok" value="Submit!" class="button_login2"/>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<div id="loadingsubmit_article" style="display:none;"><img src="images/loader.gif"/></div>
<div id="resultsubmit_article" style="display:none;"></div>
</td></tr>
</table>
       </form><iframe name="sendCommentIFrame" style="display:none"></iframe>'; 
//$maincontent = "<h1><a href=\"javascript:submitToggle();\" class=\"submit\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">" . $submitpop . "</a></h1><div style=\"display: none;\" id=\"submit\" class=\"post\"><div id=\"result2\" class=\"result\">" . $cnt . "</div></div>"; 
$maincontent .= "<div id=\"mainresultlist\">\n";
$comp = $_GET['comp'];
if(!$comp){
	$page = $_GET['page'];
    if(!$page) $page = 1;
    $npage = $page - 1;
	$c = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['c']);
    if($c){
        $addsql = " AND `cat` = (SELECT id FROM cats WHERE cat='". $c ."')";
        $addhtml = "&c=". $c;
    } 

    $limit1 = $npage * 10;
    $limit2 = $npage + 10; 
	$q = "SELECT * FROM `comps` WHERE `area` = $mystring". $addsql ." ORDER BY `time` DESC LIMIT ". $limit1 .", ". $limit2; 
    $r = mysql_query($q);
	
    $voting_array = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `votes` WHERE `ip`='$ip'")); 
    $vote_explode = explode(',', $voting_array['comp_id']); 
    foreach($vote_explode as $vote_ex){ 
        $vote_ex = explode(":", $vote_ex); 
        $compnum = $vote_ex[0];
        $compvote = $vote_ex[1];
        $compvotearray[$compnum] = $compvote;
    } 

     
    if(mysql_num_rows($r) > 0)
    {
        while($row = mysql_fetch_array($r, MYSQL_ASSOC)){
            
        	// count the comments
            $commentsCountQuery = "select * from comments where comp_id=" . $row['id'];
            $commentsCountResult = mysql_query($commentsCountQuery);
            $commentsCount = mysql_num_rows($commentsCountResult); 
            $maincontent .= "<br />\n<div id=\"result". $row['id'] ."\" class=\"result\">\n"; 
            $maincontent .= '<div class="areacodee">This A#$ Hole is from area code:&nbsp;<span>'. "(" . $row['area'] . ")" . '</span></div><br>';
            
            $maincontent .= '<a href="comment/'. $row['id'] .'" class="commlink">';
            $maincontent .= stripslashes($row['message']) ."\n<br /><br />\n";
            $maincontent .= '</a>';
            $maincontent .= '<span class="sentBy"><span class="lside"><a href="comment/'. $row['id'] .'" class="commlink">read comments ('. $commentsCount .') <br><table><tr><td>ShareThis!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><img src="images/share10.png"/></td></tr></table></a></span>';
            if(!$compvotearray[$row['id']]){ 
                $maincontent .= '<span id="vote_buttons'. $row['id'] .'" class="vote_buttons">
                <span id="a1votes_count'. $row['id'] .'">
                <a id=":'. $row['id'] .':1:'. $row['votes1'] .':'. $row['votes2'] .':" class="vote_up" title="'. $phrase1 .':'. $phrase2 .'" href="javascript:;">
                '. $phrase1 .' ('. $row['votes1'] .')</a></span>';
                $maincontent .= '   -   <span id="a2votes_count'. $row['id'] .'">
                <a id=":'. $row['id'] .':2:'. $row['votes1'] .':'. $row['votes2'] .':" class="vote_down" title="'. $phrase1 .':'. $phrase2 .'" href="javascript:;">
                '. $phrase2 .' ('. $row['votes2'] .')</a>
                </span></span><br />';
            } else { 
                $maincontent .= '<span id="vote_buttons'. $row['id'] .'" class="vote_buttons voted">
                <span id="a1votes_count'. $row['id'] .'">
                '. $phrase1 .' ('. $row['votes1'] .')</span>';
                $maincontent .= '   -   <span id="a2votes_count'. $row['id'] .'" class="vote_buttons voted">
                '. $phrase2 .' ('. $row['votes2'] .')
                </span></span><br />'; 
            }
            $maincontent .= '<span class="mesdetail">'. date('F j, Y \a\t g:i a ', $row['time']) .'by <a href="'.linkbasepath.'user/' . $row['user'] .'">'.$row['user'].'</a>
        </span>';
            $maincontent .= '<span class="mesdetail"> <a href="'.linkbasepath.''. $catlist[$row['cat']] .'">'. $catlist[$row['cat']] .'</a></span>';
            $maincontent .= "</span>";
            if($sharelinks == 'yes') $maincontent .= '<span id="addslider'. $row['id'] .'">
<a class="addslide" onclick="Slide(\'result'. $row['id'] .'\',\'down\');" href="javascript:;" style="">[+]</a>
</span>
<div id="sharelinks'. $row['id'] .'" class="sharelinks">'. $sharelinkscode .'</div>';
            $maincontent .= "</div>";
        }
    } else {
        $maincontent .= "<strong>There are no results in this category.</strong>";
    } 
    $q = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `comps` WHERE `accepted` = 'Yes'". $addsql;
    $r = mysql_query($q);
    $num = mysql_fetch_array($r);
    $nbrPages = ceil($num[0] / 10); 
    $i = 1; 
    $maincontent .= "<br />"; 
    // Pagination links.
    $nbrPages = $nbrPages;
    $thisPage = "";
    include("pagination.php");
    $maincontent .= $paginationLinks;
//    while($i <= $nbrPages){
//        if($i == 1) $maincontent .= "Pages: ";
//        if($i != $page) $maincontent .= "<a href=\"?page=". $i . $addhtml ."\">". $i ."</a>\n ";
//        else $maincontent .= $i ." ";
//        $i++;
//    }
} elseif ($comp){
    include('comment.php');
} 
$maincontent .= "\n</div>";
$layout = str_replace("[[main-content]]", $maincontent, $layout);
echo $layout; 
?>