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PHP .htaccess problem with IE7 and 8
Hi there
I am looking for some help with a problem, I have a very simple form on a webpage for a users name and password. Tthe form then goes to the small PHP script and then opens up the membership webpage. This all works fine in FireFox, Crome, Opera and Safari but IE7 and IE8 just fail to work and I get an error page. I think the problem is in line four of the PHP code, but I cannot fine a fix for it, can anyone help please?
Thank you for reading this post.
I am looking for some help with a problem, I have a very simple form on a webpage for a users name and password. Tthe form then goes to the small PHP script and then opens up the membership webpage. This all works fine in FireFox, Crome, Opera and Safari but IE7 and IE8 just fail to work and I get an error page. I think the problem is in line four of the PHP code, but I cannot fine a fix for it, can anyone help please?
Thank you for reading this post.
PHP Code
<?php
$user=$_REQUEST['user'];
$pass=$_REQUEST['pass'];
header("Location: http://".$user.":".$pass."@www.mysite.co.uk/clients");
exit;
?>
On page form
<!-- code starts here -->
<form action="http://www.mysite.co.uk/login.php" method="post" id="thisform">
<fieldset>
<p><label for="Username">Username:</label> <input type="text" name="user"></p>
<p><label for="Password">Password:</label> <input type="password" name="pass"></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="Login"></p>
</fieldset>
</form>
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drfresh,
The above example works like a dream in opera, chrome, firefox and IE 8 on windows xp, it also works perfectly on chrome, opera and firefox on windows 7. However on in IE8 on windows 7 it does not work. Can you please help me understand why? is there a different msxml dll that needs to be used for windows 7?
In windows 7 it appears that the username and password are being sent as variables in the url string like this:
http://website.com/homepage.aspx?user=user&pass=pass
Then the redirection does occur but the credentials are gone and I am once again prompted for them.
What am I missing?
Here is the code I am using:
The above example works like a dream in opera, chrome, firefox and IE 8 on windows xp, it also works perfectly on chrome, opera and firefox on windows 7. However on in IE8 on windows 7 it does not work. Can you please help me understand why? is there a different msxml dll that needs to be used for windows 7?
In windows 7 it appears that the username and password are being sent as variables in the url string like this:
http://website.com/homepage.aspx?user=user&pass=pass
Then the redirection does occur but the credentials are gone and I am once again prompted for them.
What am I missing?
Here is the code I am using:
<?php
$user=$_REQUEST['user'];
$pass=$_REQUEST['pass'];
$url="http://".$user.":".$pass."@website.com/homepage.aspx";
echo '<html>';
echo '<head>';
?>
<TITLE>Interim Redirect Page</TITLE>
<script language="Javascript">
function DoIt() {
if ( window.ActiveXObject ) {
// IE
RedirectBrowser("<? echo $url; ?>");
}
else {
// Firefox
$url = "http://user:pass@website.com/homepage.aspx";
document.location="<? echo $url; ?>";
}
}
</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT Language="JavaScript" RUNAT="Client">
/*_____________________________________________________
Name: GetUrlWithCreds()
Purpose: retrieve a URL from a specified location
which is returned from a server in a header
value called "Redirect-Location"
Param(in): none
_______________________________________________________
*/
function GetUrlWithCreds() {
//store the URL for the resource that will return the URL that includes the Basic auth credentials below:
sURL = "http://website.com/homepage.aspx";
//create the XMLHTTP object to retrieve the URL that has embedded creds
oXMLHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
oXMLHttp.Open("GET", sURL, false);
oXMLHttp.Send();
if ( oXMLHttp.status == 200) {
sURLwCreds = oXMLHttp.getResponseHeader("Redirect-Location");
}
else {
sURLwCreds = "Error = redirect not received from:\n\t" + sURL;
alert(sURLwCreds + "\nstatus code = " + oXMLHttp.status);
}
oXMLHttp = null;
RedirectBrowser(sURLwCreds);
}
/*_____________________________________________________
Name: LoadPage()
Purpose: sets the location of the current window
to be the URL passed to this function
Param(in): UrlToReload - a valid URL
_______________________________________________________
*/
function LoadPage(UrlToReload) {
window.location.href=UrlToReload;
}
/*_____________________________________________________
Name: RedirectBrowser()
Purpose: sets the location of the current window
to be the URL passed to this function
Param(in): sUrlwCreds - a URL with credentials
embedded between the protocol
and host sections
_______________________________________________________
*/
function RedirectBrowser(sUrlwCreds) {
aCurrentUrl = new ParseURL(sUrlwCreds);
for (i = 1 ; i < aCurrentUrl.length ; i++) {
if (aCurrentUrl[i] == null) {
aCurrentUrl[i] = "";
}
}
sURLwoCreds = aCurrentUrl[1] + "://" + aCurrentUrl[4];
if (aCurrentUrl[5].length > 1) {
sURLwoCreds += ":" + aCurrentUrl[5];
}
sURLwoCreds += aCurrentUrl[6] + aCurrentUrl[7];
if (aCurrentUrl[8].length > 1) {
sURLwoCreds += "?" + aCurrentUrl[8];
}
if (aCurrentUrl[9].length > 1) {
sURLwoCreds += "#" + aCurrentUrl[9];
}
oXMLHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
try {
oXMLHttp.Open("GET", sURLwoCreds, false, aCurrentUrl[2], aCurrentUrl[3]);
oXMLHttp.Send();
if ( oXMLHttp.status == 200 ) {
//if all goes well, WinInet should now be authenticated on destination site so
// setting the current window's URL to that site will not prompt for credentials
LoadPage(sURLwoCreds);
}
else {
alert("Error - an unexepected status code was returned: " + oXMLHttp.status);
}
}
catch(ex) {
document.body.innerHTML = ErrorGenerator(ex);
}
}
/*_____________________________________________________
Name: GetCLSID()
Purpose: retrieve a CLSID for a registered component
Parameter: sProgID - string that is a ProgID for a
given registered component on
the local computer.
_______________________________________________________
*/
function GetCLSID(sProgID) {
try {
var oWshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
return oWshShell.RegRead("HKCR\\" + sProgID + "\\CLSID\\");
}
catch(ex) {
return "<table bgcolor=\"lightgrey\" cellpadding=5><tr><td><font color=\"darkred\"><B>" + ex.name + "</B><BR>" + ex.number + " : " + ex.description + "</font></td></tr></table><BR><BR>unable to read registry using WshShell.RegRead";
}
}
/*______________________________________________________
Name: GetInProcServer32()
Purpose: retrieve a DLL path for a registered
component
parameter: sCLSID - string that is a CLSID for a
given registered component on
the local computer.
_______________________________________________________
*/
function GetInProcServer32(sCLSID) {
try {
var oWshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
return oWshShell.RegRead("HKCR\\CLSID\\" + sCLSID + "\\InProcServer32\\");
}
catch(ex) {
return "<table bgcolor=\"lightgrey\" cellpadding=5><tr><td><font color=\"darkred\"><B>" + ex.name + "</B><BR>" + ex.number + " : " + ex.description + "</font></td></tr></table><BR><BR>unable to read registry using WshShell.RegRead";
}
}
/*______________________________________________________
Name: GetVersion()
Purpose: Retrieve file version from PE header
Parameter: none
NOTE: a description of the RegExp object used in
this function is provided below:
the following Regular Expression:
(?:(%(.*?)%))(?:(\\(?:[^\?]*?\\)*)([^\?]*?)$)
will seperate the string:
%SystemRoot%\System32\Inetsrv\w3core.dll
into the following array elements (all strings):
array[0] = %SystemRoot%\System32\Inetsrv\w3core.dll
array[1] = %SystemRoot%
array[2] = SystemRoot
array[3] = \System32\Inetsrv\
array[4] = w3core.dll
_______________________________________________________
*/
function GetVersion() {
var sSysPath = "";
//generate the Path to the DLL being used to call XMLHTTP
try {
sXmlDllPath = GetInProcServer32(GetCLSID("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"));
RegExp = /(?:(%(.*?)%))(?:(\\(?:[^\?]*?\\)*)([^\?]*?)$)/;
if ( RegExp.test(sXmlDllPath) ) {
arDllPath = RegExp.exec(sXmlDllPath);
var oWSH;
oWSH = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
sSysPath = oWSH.Environment("PROCESS").Item(arDllPath[2]) + arDllPath[3] + arDllPath[4];
}
else {
sSysPath = sXmlDllPath;
}
}
catch(e) {
//return e.number + " - " + e.description + "\n\nWScript.Shell is needed to get DLL versions";
document.body.innerHTML = ErrorGenerator(e);
}
// get the version of the file
try {
var oFSO;
oFSO = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
arrReturned = new Array(2);
arrReturned[0] = arDllPath[4];
arrReturned[1] = oFSO.getFileVersion(sSysPath);
return arrReturned;
}
catch(e) {
//return e.number + " - " + e.description + "\n\nScripting.FileSystemObject is needed to get DLL versions";
document.body.innerHTML = ErrorGenerator(e);
}
}
/*_____________________________________________________
Name: ParseURL()
Purpose: Retrieve file version from PE header
Parameter: sURL: string that has is a URL in the
format specified in the details section
below.
Return: Array with URL parts
This function uses JavaScript's regular expression object to parse the
URL passed to it, and return the parts of the URL in array elements.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: URL canonicalization is a non-trivial task and this simplified
sample does not account for URL escaping or encoding where the
address http://www.microsoft.com/security/ is equivalent to the
address http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emicrosoft%2Ecom%2Fsecurity%2F
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The proper format of the URL that should be passed to this function is:
protocol://username:password@host:port/path/file?querystring#mappath
and the elements of the array returned from this function are:
[0] = sURL
[1] = protocol
[2] = username
[3] = password
[4] = host
[5] = port
[6] = path
[7] = file
[8] = querystring
[9] = mappath
any URL parts that are not specifically declared in sURL will return a
a null value for their array element (i.e. if the string "www.msn.com"
was passed to this function, then only elements [0] and [4] would have
values; all other elements in the array would return null).
Regular Expression details:
RegExp = /^
(?:
([a-zA-Z]+)\:\/\/ // protocol
)?
(
?:([^\:^\@]*?) // username
(?:\:(.*?))? // password
\@
)?
(
[a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-]*? // host
)
(?:
\:([0-9]{1,100}) // port
)?
(?:
(\/(?:[^\?]*?\/)*) // path
([^\?]*?)? // file
(?:\?(.*?))? // querystring
(?:#(.*))? // anchor
)?
$/;
_______________________________________________________
*/
function ParseURL(sURL) {
RegExp = /^(?:([a-zA-Z]+)\:\/\/)?(?:([^\:^\@]*?)(?:\:(.*?))?\@)?([a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-]*?)(?:\:([0-9]{1,100}))?(?:(\/(?:[^\?]*?\/)*)([^\?]*?)?(?:\?(.*?))?(?:#(.*))?)?$/;
aUrlParts = RegExp.exec(sURL);
return aUrlParts;
}
/*______________________________________________________
Name: ShowNeedUpdate()
Purpose: inform the user they need to install an
updated version of MSXML from 832414
Parameter: none
NOTE: this sample was written at a time when 832414 had
the only fix to msxml?.dll that would allow
credentials to be passed via the XMLHTTP.Open
method, if the computer has a wininet.dll that
ships with MS04-004 (KB 832894) or later (dated
January 2004 or later).
Detection is based ont he following criteria:
MSXML 2.5 SP3 | msxml.dll | 8.0.xxxx.x
MSXML 2.6 SP2 | msxml2.dll | 8.30.xxxx.x
MSXML 3.0 SP2 | msxml3.dll | 8.20.xxxx.x
MSXML 3.0 SP3 | msxml3.dll | 8.30.xxxx.x
MSXML 3.0 SP4 | msxml3.dll | 8.40.xxxx.x
MSXML 4.0 SP2 | msxml4.dll | 4.20.xxxx.x
_______________________________________________________
*/
function ShowNeedUpdate() {
try {
arFileInfo = GetVersion();
if ( isArray(arFileInfo) ) {
switch (arFileInfo[0].toLowerCase()) {
case "msxml.dll":
if ( GetXMLVersion(arFileInfo[1]) == 8.0 ) {
GenerateXMLDLLink(arFileInfo[0], arFileInfo[1], "http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/e/8/ce81bc31-1ecf-46a3-b840-2839415e34ad/KB832414_MSXML2.5_x86.exe");
}
else {
GenerateXMLNotMatched(arFileInfo[0], arFileInfo[1]);
}
break;
case "msxml2.dll":
if ( GetXMLVersion(arFileInfo[1]) == 8.3 ) {
GenerateXMLDLLink(arFileInfo[0], arFileInfo[1], "http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/0/e/10e23019-f7aa-4497-8e13-94ff06a08ce1/KB832414_MSXML2.6_x86.exe");
}
else {
GenerateXMLNotMatched(arFileInfo[0], arFileInfo[1]);
}
break;
case "msxml3.dll":
if ( GetXMLVersion(arFileInfo[1]) == 8.2 ) {
GenerateXMLDLLink(arFileInfo[0], arFileInfo[1], "http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/1/3/d139c2ad-6c6f-4d34-8db6-c44fe968227f/KB832414_MSXML3.0_x86.exe");
}
else if ( GetXMLVersion(arFileInfo[1]) == 8.3 ) {
GenerateXMLDLLink(arFileInfo[0], arFileInfo[1], "http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/1/9/b191831f-9a19-4a42-8a71-b2b267b4c715/KB832414_MSXML3.0_x86.exe");
alert("I didn't think I'd be here");
}
else if ( GetXMLVersion(arFileInfo[1]) == 8.4 ) {
GenerateXMLDLLink(arFileInfo[0], arFileInfo[1], "http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/f/b/7fb9bddd-c56b-4ed6-b49b-b5e8718dd778/KB832414_MSXML3.0_x86.exe");
}
else {
GenerateXMLNotMatched(arFileInfo[0], arFileInfo[1]);
}
break;
case "msxml4.dll":
if ( GetXMLVersion(arFileInfo[1]) == 4.2 ) {
GenerateXMLDLLink(arFileInfo[0], arFileInfo[1], "http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/f/d/afdb1779-18d6-4fd8-bb86-bfbfca5acaee/KB832414_MSXML4.0_x86.exe");
}
else {
GenerateXMLNotMatched(arFileInfo[0], arFileInfo[1]);
}
break;
default:
GenerateXMLNotMatched(arFileInfo[0], arFileInfo[1]);
break;
}
}
}
catch(ex) {
document.body.innerHTML = ErrorGenerator(ex) ;
}
}
/*_____________________________________________________
Name: GenerateXMLDLLink()
Purpose: display location for XML download
Param[in]: sDLLName - name of MSXML DLL found
sDLLVersion - version of MSXML DLL
sUpdateLink - URL to download update from
_______________________________________________________
*/
function GenerateXMLDLLink(sDLLName, sDLLVersion, sUpdateLink) {
sMessage = "The following file is registered to load when <code>Microsoft.XMLHTTP</code> is instantiated on your computer:<BR><BR>";
sMessage += "<table><tr><td> </td><td><table border=1><tr><th>module</th><th>version</th></tr><tr><td>" + sDLLName + "</td><td>" + sDLLVersion + "</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><BR>";
sMessage += "To download the updated version of this module, click <a href=\"" + sUpdateLink + "\">here</a> and then select Open<BR><BR><BR><BR>";
sMessage += "For more information about this update, see the article below:<BR><BR>";
sMessage += " 832414 XMLHTTP call fails for URLs with embedded user credentials<BR>";
sMessage += " <a href=\"http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832414\">http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832414</a>";
document.body.innerHTML = sMessage;
}
/*_____________________________________________________
Name: GenerateXMLNotMatched()
Purpose: display location for XML download
Param[in]: sDLLName - name of MSXML DLL found
sDLLVersion - version of MSXML DLL
_______________________________________________________
*/
function GenerateXMLNotMatched(sDLLName, sDLLVersion) {
sMessage = "The following file is registered to load when <code>Microsoft.XMLHTTP</code> is instantiated on your computer:<BR><BR>";
sMessage += "<table><tr><td> </td><td><table border=1><tr><th>module</th><th>version</th></tr><tr><td>" + sDLLName + "</td><td>" + sDLLVersion + "</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><BR>";
sMessage += "Unfortunately this does not match any of the supported versions of MSXML that were patched following the release of MS04-004. This message can also occur if you have a version newer than one of the following:<BR>";
sMessage += "<table><tr><td> </td><td><table border=1><tr><th>module</th><th>version</th><th>product</th></tr>";
sMessage += " <tr><td>msxml.dll</td><td>8.0.7002.0</td><td>MSXML 2.5 SP3</td></tr>"
sMessage += " <tr><td>msxml2.dll</td><td>8.30.9528.0</td><td>MSXML 2.6 SP2</td></tr>"
sMessage += " <tr><td>msxml3.dll</td><td>8.20.9823.0</td><td>MSXML 3.0 SP2</td></tr>"
sMessage += " <tr><td>msxml3.dll</td><td>8.30.9929.0</td><td>MSXML 3.0 SP3</td></tr>"
sMessage += " <tr><td>msxml3.dll</td><td>8.40.9509.0</td><td>MSXML 3.0 SP4</td></tr>"
sMessage += " <tr><td>msxml4.dll</td><td>4.20.9821.0</td><td>MSXML 4.0 SP2</td></tr>"
sMessage += "</table></td></tr></table><BR>";
sMessage += "For more information about the patches, see the article below:<BR><BR>";
sMessage += " 832414 XMLHTTP call fails for URLs with embedded user credentials<BR>";
sMessage += " <a href=\"http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832414\">http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832414</a>";
document.body.innerHTML = sMessage;
}
/*_____________________________________________________
Name: GetXMLVersion()
Purpose: determine if object passed in is an array
Param[in]: sDLLVersion - full version string of DLL
_______________________________________________________
*/
function GetXMLVersion(sDLLVersion) {
fltDLLVer = parseFloat(sDLLVersion.slice(0,3));
if ( isNaN( fltDLLVer ) ) {
return 0;
}
else {
return fltDLLVer;
}
}
/*_____________________________________________________
Name: isArray()
Purpose: determine if object passed in is an array
Param[in]: obj - an object
_______________________________________________________
*/
function isArray(obj) {
intArrayFound = -1;
try {
intArrayFound = obj.constructor.toString().indexOf("Array");
if ( intArrayFound != -1)
return true;
else
return false;
}
catch (ex) {}
}
/*_____________________________________________________
Name: ErrorGenerator()
Purpose: generate detailed output when errors occur
Param[in]: ex - an error object
_______________________________________________________
*/
function ErrorGenerator(ex) {
switch(ex.number) {
case -2146827859: //occurs when unsafe ActiveX components try to execute; probably from Registry read with WScript
sError = "<table bgcolor=\"lightgrey\" cellpadding=5><tr><td><font color=\"darkred\"><B>" + ex.name + "</B><BR>" + ex.number + " : " + ex.description + "</font></td></tr></table>";
sError += "<BR><BR>Automatic detection of your XML version requires that you click the <code>Yes</code> button on the diaolog with the message <code>An ActiveX control on this page might be unsafe to interact with other parts of the page. Do you want to allow this interaction?</code><BR><BR>To automatically detect the version of XML you are running, click <a href=JavaScript:history.go(0)>here</a>, then click <code>Yes</code> in the popup dialog";
sError += "<BR><BR><HR><BR>If you cannot click the <code>Yes</code> button to automatically detect the installed version of MSXML, you can manually determine which version of the required patch for this system (the patch is specific to the version and service pack level of MSXML installed on the computer), follow the steps below:";
sError += "<ol>" ;
sError += " <li>open the Windows Explorer</li>";
sError += " <li>Navigate to the \Windows\System32</li>";
sError += " <li>right click on the file msxml?.dll</li>";
sError += " <li>select Properties</li>";
sError += " <li>click the Version tab</li>" ;
sError += " <li>note the version number of the file (supported versions of MSXML are listed below):</li>"
sError += " <ul>";
sError += " <li>MSXML 2.5 SP3 | msxml.dll | 8.0.xxxx.x</li>";
sError += " <li>MSXML 2.6 SP2 | msxml2.dll | 8.30.xxxx.x</li>";
sError += " <li>MSXML 3.0 SP2 | msxml3.dll | 8.30.xxxx.x</li>";
sError += " <li>MSXML 3.0 SP3 | msxml3.dll | 8.30.xxxx.x</li>";
sError += " <li>MSXML 3.0 SP4 | msxml3.dll | 8.40.xxxx.x</li>";
sError += " <li>MSXML 4.0 SP2 | msxml4.dll | 8.20.xxxx.x</li>";
sError += " </ul>";
sError += "</ol>" ;
break;
case -2146828218: //occurs when trying to use a component on a page in an untrusted zone (in this case XMLHTTP) to connect to a URL different than the current site
aUrlForThisPage = ParseURL(document.URL);
sError = "<table bgcolor=\"lightgrey\" cellpadding=5><tr><td><font color=\"darkred\"><B>" + ex.name + "</B><BR>" + ex.number + " : " + ex.description + "</font></td></tr></table>";
sError += "<BR><BR>Due to a recent security update, this site now requires user's to explicitely trust the site to maintain continued functionality. To add this trust, follow the steps below:<BR><BR>";
sError += "<ol>" ;
sError += " <li>from the menu in this window, select <code>Tools | Internet Options</code></li>" ;
sError += " <li>select the <code>Security</code> tab</li>" ;
sError += " <li>select the <code>Trusted sites</code> icon</li>" ;
sError += " <li>click <code>Sites</code> button</li>" ;
sError += " <li>in the box labeled <code>Add this Web site to the zone</code>, enter the text: <font color=blue>" + aUrlForThisPage[4] + "</font></li>" ;
sError += " <li>uncheck the box Require server verification (https)... below the list</li>" ;
sError += " <li>click the <code>Add</code> button</li>" ;
sError += " <li>click the <code>Close</code> button</li>" ;
sError += " <li>click the <code>Custom Level</code> button</li>" ;
sError += " <li>locate the \'Miscellaneous | Access data sources across domains\' section</li>" ;
sError += " <li>click the <code>Enable</code> button under the \'Access data sources across domains\' section</li>" ;
sError += " <li>click the <code>OK</code> button to close the \'Security Settings\' dialog</li>" ;
sError += " <li>click the <code>OK</code> button to close the \'Internet Options\' dialog</li>" ;
sError += " <li>click <a href=JavaScript:history.go(0)>here</a> once all other steps are complete</li>";
sError += "</ol>" ;
sError += "<br><br><br><b>Note:</b> these steps rely on the default configuration of \'Access data sources across domains\' being enabled in the \'Trusted sites\' zone. For more information on this see the article:";
sError += "<br><br> 182569 - Description of Internet Explorer Security Zones Registry Entries";
sError += "<br> <a href=\"http://support.microsoft.com/?id=182569\">http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832414</a>";
break;
case -2147221020: //'Invalid Syntax' error; occurs when Q832414 or later version of msxml?.dll has been called
sError = "<table bgcolor=\"lightgrey\" cellpadding=5><tr><td><font color=\"darkred\"><B>" + ex.name + "</B><BR>" + ex.number + " : " + ex.description + "</font></td></tr></table>";
sError += "<BR><BR>Due to a recent security update, this site now requires user's to install the critical update Q832414.<BR><BR>";
sError += "Click <a href=JavaScript:ShowNeedUpdate()>here</a> to automatically detect the version of the update you need to install to use this site.<BR>"
sError += "If you choose to manually install the update, you will need to determine the correct version for your system and download the update from the article below:<BR><BR>";
sError += "<br><br> 832414 - XMLHTTP call fails for URLs with embedded user credentials";
sError += "<br> <a href=\"http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832414\">http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832414</a><BR><BR>";
sError += "To determine which version of the patch is required (the patch is specific to the version and service pack level of MSXML installed on the computer), follow the steps below:";
sError += "<ol>" ;
sError += " <li>open the Windows Explorer</li>";
sError += " <li>Navigate to the \Windows\System</li>";
sError += " <li>right click on the file msxml?.dll</li>";
sError += " <li>select Properties</li>";
sError += " <li>click the Version tab</li>" ;
sError += " <li>note the version number of the file (supported versions of MSXML are listed below):</li>"
sError += " <ul>";
sError += " <li>MSXML 2.5 SP3 | msxml.dll | 8.0.xxxx.x</li>";
sError += " <li>MSXML 2.6 SP2 | msxml2.dll | 8.30.xxxx.x</li>";
sError += " <li>MSXML 3.0 SP2 | msxml3.dll | 8.30.xxxx.x</li>";
sError += " <li>MSXML 3.0 SP3 | msxml3.dll | 8.30.xxxx.x</li>";
sError += " <li>MSXML 3.0 SP4 | msxml3.dll | 8.40.xxxx.x</li>";
sError += " <li>MSXML 4.0 SP2 | msxml4.dll | 8.20.xxxx.x</li>";
sError += " </ul>";
sError += "</ol>" ;
break;
/*
case null:
sError = "<table bgcolor=\"lightgrey\" cellpadding=5><tr><td><font color=\"darkred\"><B>" + ex.name + "</B><BR>" + ex.number + " : " + ex.description + "</font></td></tr></table>";
sError += "<BR><BR>Due to a recent security update, this site now requires user's to install the critical update Q832414.<BR><BR>To manually install the update, download the update from the article below:<BR><BR>";
sError += "<br><br> 832414 - XMLHTTP call fails for URLs with embedded user credentials";
sError += "<br> <a href=\"http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832414\">http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832414</a><BR><BR>";
break;
*/
default:
sError = "<table bgcolor=\"#C0C0C0\" cellpadding=5><tr><td><font color=\"darkred\"><B>" + ex.name + "</B>\n" + ex.number + " - " + ex.description + "</font></td></tr></table>";
break;
}
return sError;
}
</SCRIPT>
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
<!--
BODY {font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px}
TABLE {font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px}
-->
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY onLoad="DoIt()">
Redirecting, please stand by...
</BODY>
</HTML>
ASKER
What I am looking to do is have a standard web page which contains a login and password which will then send the information through to the .htaccess and .htpasswd files. This will stop username and password popup. The code in my original posting works perfectly in 4 other browsers: FF, Chrome, Opera and Safari.
If someone could help I would be extremely grateful.
We do not want to go down the route of MySQL because of the cost involved in maintaining a database with the internet provider that we are with.
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