View Poll Results WITHOUT voting goes back to main page

Regular Joined: Jan 15, 2007 Posts: 66

Hi All,

I noticed a strange phenomenon today, i posted a poll on my site and i had not voted yet, so i cliecked on "view results" button, however it took me back to the home page!

Looking at the resulting link, looks like it is misinterpreting the & character and replacing it with &amp

See sample link below:

http://mysite.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3405&postdays=0&postorder=asc&vote=viewresult

Digging a little deeper, in the source of the page, the form tag seems to contain the error action is:
<form method="POST" action="modules.php?name=Forums&file=posting&mode=vote&t=3405">

I'm gonna post a poll here to test it.

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:50 am

I just tested it here and it works no problem...

I'll have to dig into the code, unless someone can tell me which file this fix is in off the top of their head.

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:51 am

Oh btw, if you press Submit Vote - without selecting any options, a 404 error is displayed.

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:04 am

Indeed it does, odd. I tested it on my site as well and for me it just redirects to the main forums page.

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:37 am

I'm guessing you get the same link format as i pasted above...

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:43 am

Sorry, yes I do. Not exactly sure why it isnt being converted, though I have seen similar cases recently.

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registered · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:11 pm

Links with & seem to work fine on my site. Are you using ShortLinks perhaps?

registered · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:09 pm

khaled_dxb, is the same behavior seen over on Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login!?

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:58 pm

I can't reproduce.

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:55 am

It does the same thing here in this very forum. Maybe this is a FF issue, in FF click submit vote without choosing an option^^ and youre brought to an error page.

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:55 am

This might be the problem:
http://www.ravenphpscripts.com/modules/Forums/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=17149

EDIT: Okay odd, different link format altogether, still an error.

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:08 am

montego wrote:

khaled_dxb, is the same behavior seen over on Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login!?

I have not yet tested it, BUT that site is using phpbb3!!!!

Do i need to register a new usernam/pwd for that site? or will my credentials for this site work ok?

Looks cool!!

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:18 am

I don't believe its using phpBB3. It is just a different template with some mods.

It is a new login.