asked on 9/12/2013

XMLHTTP not working in safari 5.1

This vbscript code does not work in safari 5.1. It works fine in safari 6 and other browsers.

The page is at mysite.com/folder1/thispage.asp and is calling mysite.com/folder2/folder3/

I have a php on another domain and server calling the same thing by sending a post and works fine as well.

Safari 5.1 just stops working at this point in the code. In some cases, it downloads the asp page (just the rendered html). When I take this out, all good. I have tried loading this above all html and inside of html. Same result.

      dim myData
		DataToSend = "d1=abc&d2=xyz"
		dim xmlhttp 
		set xmlhttp = server.Createobject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
		xmlhttp.Open "POST","https://mysite.com/folder2/folder3/",false
		xmlhttp.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
		xmlhttp.send DataToSend
		Response.ContentType = "text"
		myData= xmlhttp.responseText
                Set xmlhttp = nothing

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Dave Baldwin

1/31/2014

Dave Baldwin

9/12/2013

That doesn't make any sense. That code runs on the server, not in Safari. Any chance that the code that is being received is another complete page with <head> and <body> sections inside the <head> and <body> sections of the main page? Look at the 'View Source' and see if you're getting a properly formatted page when it works.

Scott Fell

9/12/2013

ASKER

Yes, I was planning on checking that out today. However, I created a wordpress plugin/function using the php version and it hits the same exact page from an outside domain and that works fine.

Originally, I thought it might be a log in issue because of the way safari handles sessions and redirects. But as I put breaks in my code, this is what I was able to isolate. I just found a mac with safari 5 I can test more on today.

I did try removing the response.write portion completely and moving the httppost above the html and inside the html. Even without writing the data it fails. The incoming data is just a series of div's and tables without much white space. I threw it in the validator and all good. I even check the validation on the WP site and and found some old sql injection(not pertaining to what I did of course) but it still works.

Dave Baldwin

9/12/2013

I'm pretty sure that PHP and ASP will not generate 'exactly' the same code. So the PHP version works and the ASP doesn't?

Scott Fell

9/12/2013

ASKER

The odd thing is it is only safari 5.1. My client let me know and I confirmed it by finding a mac with 5.1. It must be the way xmlhttpost works on that browser. I do want to test on some very plan content just to eliminate. But the content it is loading is simply a series of h2 tags and tables and all validated. I know there are multiple ways to send a post and I may just use jquery ajax instead of classic asp.

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Dave Baldwin

9/12/2013