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Can You Make a Scroll Bar with PHP?

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Feb 20.2008

I want my div on my staff page to have a scroll bar. It has one using CSS, but for some reason, that bit of code doesn’t work in Internet Explorer.

Is there a way to use PHP to make a scroll bar for your div?

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@ZnupiFeb 20.2008 — No.
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@Joseph_WitchardauthorFeb 21.2008 — Then what would you use? Surely there's a way to make a scroll bar that will work in IE?
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@ZnupiFeb 21.2008 — Yes. With CSS, for example:
<i>
</i>div.scrollbar {
height: 30px;
overflow: auto;
}
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@Joseph_WitchardauthorFeb 21.2008 — I can take a screen shot if you like, but it doesn't work ?

What version of Explorer are you using? I'm using version seven.
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@ZnupiFeb 21.2008 — http://znupi.ath.cx/temp/test.html

Works for me in IE6, IE7, Firefox, Opera, Safari. Here's the code:

[code=html]<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Template</title>
<style type="text/css">
div.scrollbar {
height: 100px;
overflow: auto;
border: solid 1px #000;
padding: 5px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="scrollbar">text<br>text<br>text<br>text<br>text<br>text<br>text<br>text<br>text<br>text</div>
</body>
</html>[/code]
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@Joseph_WitchardauthorFeb 21.2008 — Still isn't working...

Would not using a doctype declaration affect that?
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@ZnupiFeb 21.2008 — Maybe, I don't know. But you should always use a doctype.
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@Joseph_WitchardauthorFeb 21.2008 — I know I should, and I fully plan on adding one at some point. The reason I don't use one now is because I use the scrolling marquee tag on my site for a news ticker, which isn't standard HTML. It used to only work in IE, but many browsers (Firefox, Safari, and Opera) have come to support it as well. I'm going to switch to a JavaScript news ticker at some point, so I'll be able to use a doctype. I don't know JavaScript real well yet, so that's why I'm waiting. I'm sure I can find one online, but I want to hard code it myself, because I learn a lot better that way.
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@ZnupiFeb 21.2008 — And why not use a doctype anyway? Does it break the marquee? I don't think it should..
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@Joseph_WitchardauthorFeb 21.2008 — I used the HTML 4.01 loose doctype once, and the marquee wouldn't scroll. I always thought that you couldn't use non-standard HTML with a doctype?
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@ZnupiFeb 21.2008 — That all depends on the browser ?
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@Joseph_WitchardauthorFeb 21.2008 — I'll test it again. I know it didn't work in Firefox at the time...

Pretty much it sounds like I loose either way:p
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