PHP variable in HTML table displays well in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, but poorly in IE 8_问答_开发者

The table below echos out great in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. The left part of it displays like this:

PHP variable in HTML table displays well in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, but poorly in IE 8

However, in Internet Explorer 8, the left part sometimes displays like this:

PHP variable in HTML table displays well in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, but poorly in IE 8

In IE8, with short comments, only the top part of the variable $row["username"], which is "admin" in the screenshots, is showing. How can I make it so IE8 will show the full $row["username"] in such a situation?

Thanks in advance,

John

The source code:

echo "<table class=\"commentecho\">";
$count = 1;
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { 
    $dt1 = new DateTime($row["datecommented"], $tzFrom1);  
    $dt1->setTimezone($tzTo1);
    echo '<tr>';
    echo '<td style="border-left:2px solid #004993; border-bottom:2px solid #004993; border-top:2px solid #004993;" rowspan="3" class="commentnamecount">'.$count++.'</td>';
    echo '<td style="background: #CAE1FF; border-top:2px solid #004993;" class="commentname2user"><a href="http://www...com/.../index.php?profile='.$row["username"].'">'.$row["username"].'</a></td>';
    echo '<td style="border-right:2px solid #004993; border-bottom:2px solid #004993; border-top:2px solid #004993;" rowspan="3" class="commentname1" id="comment-' . $row["commentid"] . '">'.stripslashes($row["comment"]).'</td>';
    echo '</tr>';
    echo '<tr>';
    echo '<td style="background: #CAE1FF;" class="commentname2">'.$dt1->format('F j, Y').'</td>';
    echo '</tr>';
    echo '<tr>';
    echo '<td style="background: #CAE1FF; border-bottom:2px solid #004993;" class="commentname2a">'.$dt1->format('g:i a').'</td>';
    echo '</tr>';
    echo '<tr>';
    echo '<td class="commentname2a"></td>';
    echo '</tr>';
    }
echo "</table>";

The CSS:

table.commentecho {
    margin-top: 20px;
    margin-left: 30px;
    text-align: left;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-weight: normal;
    font-size: 14px;
    color: #000000;
    width: 450px;
    table-layout:fixed;
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
    border: 2px #FFFFFF;
    border-collapse: collapse;
    border-spacing: 0px;
    padding: 0px;
    text-decoration: none;
    vertical-align: text-bottom;    

}

table.commentecho td {
   border: 0px solid #fff;  
   text-align: left; 
   height: 20px;


}

table.commentecho td a{
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   color: #004284;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-weight:bold;
   height: 20px;
}

table.commentecho td a:hover{
   background-color: #004284;
   padding: 2px;
   color: #FFFFFF;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-weight:bold;
   height: 20px;
}

.commentnamecount { width: 50px;
            font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
            font-size: 25px;   
            overflow:hidden !important;
            color: #004993;
            font-weight: bold;
            display:table-cell;   
            vertical-align: top;
            padding-bottom: 0px;
            padding-left: 5px;
            padding-top: 2px;

}


.commentname2user { width: 120px;
            color: #000000;
            font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
            font-size: 14px;
            font-weight: normal;
            height: 50px;
            padding-top:5px;
            padding-left: 5px;
            padding-bottom: 10px;
            vertical-align: top;

}

.commentname1 { 
            line-height: 170%;
            width: 410px;
            font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
            overflow:hidden !important;
            color: #000000;
            padding-bottom: 30px;
            padding-left: 10px;
            vertical-align: top;
}


.commentname2 { width: 120px;
            color: #000000;
            font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
            font-size: 11px;
            font-weight: normal;
            height: 20px;
            padding-top:0px;
            padding-left: 5px;
            padding-bottom: 0px;
            vertical-align: top;

}

.commentname2 a{ width: 120px;
            color: #004284;
            font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
            font-size: 14px;
            font-weight: bold;
            height: 20px;
            padding-top:0px;
            padding-bottom: 10px;
            vertical-align: top;

}

.commentname2 a:hover{ width: 120px;
            color: #004284;
            font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
            font-size: 14px;
            font-weight: bold;
            text-decoration: underline;
            height: 20px;
            padding-top:0px;
            padding-bottom: 0px;
            vertical-align: top;

}

.commentname2a { width: 160px;
            overflow:hidden !important;
            color: #000000;
            font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
            font-size: 11px;
            font-weight: normal;
            height: 40px;
            padding-top:0px;
            padding-left: 5px;
            padding-bottom: 30px;
            vertical-align: top;

}

Well, you did ask for links to be only that high:

table.commentecho td a {
    height: 20px;
}

The trick is, this shouldn't work, and doesn't in most browsers: according to the CSS standard, height explicitly does not apply to inline elements like <a>. However in IE's Quirks Mode it does anyway. So:

remove the ineffective height: property
ensure you serve your page with a Standards Mode DOCTYPE declaration. You don't want Quirks Mode which is full of nasty legacy compatibility bugs like this.

Also remember to use htmlspecialchars() when templating data strings into HTML, or you'll have cross-site-scripting vulnerabilities. stripslashes() does not do this job and is almost certainly a mistake.

It looks like a line-height issue. try putting an actual pixel/setting a value on the line-height for .commentname2user and .commentname1

I made some arrangements on your php code and your css but this would look pretty much the same in both browsers, hope this helps...

PHP code:

echo '<table class="comments" cellspacing="0">';
$count = 1;
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { 
    $dt1 = new DateTime($row["datecommented"], $tzFrom1);  
    $dt1->setTimezone($tzTo1);
    echo '<tr>';
    echo '<td class="comment-count">'.$count++.'</td>';
    echo '<td class="comment-user">';
    echo '<a href="http://www...com/.../index.php?profile='.$row["username"].'">'.$row["username"].'</a>'
    echo '<br/><span class="comment-date">'.$dt1->format('F j, Y').'</span><br/>';
    echo '<span class="comment-hour">'.$dt1->format('F j, Y').'</span>';
    echo '</td>';
    echo '<td class="comment-text" id="comment-' . $row["commentid"] . '">'.stripslashes($row["comment"]).'</td>';
    echo '</tr>';
    }
echo "</table>";

And your CSS:

table.comments{
    margin: 20px 0 30px;
    width: 450px;
}
table.comments td{
    vertical-align:top;
    border: solid #004993;
    border-width:2px 0 2px 0;
}
table.comments td.comment-count{
    border-left: 2px solid #004993;
    width: 50px;
    font:bold 25px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    color: #004993;
    vertical-align: top;
    padding:2px 0 0 5px;
}
table.comments td.comment-user{width:120px;background-color:#CAE1FF;padding: 5px;}
table.comments td.comment-user a{
    font:bold 14px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 
    text-decoration:none;
    color: #004284;
    padding:2px;
}
table.comments td.comment-user a:hover{background-color: #004284; color:#CAE1FF;}
table.comments td.comment-user span.comment-date, span.comment-hour{
    font:11px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
table.comments td.comment-text{
    border-right: 2px solid #004993;
    width: 410px;
    font: normal 14px/20px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
    padding-left: 10px;
}