# \_root.\_url IE/FireFox

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root--url-ie-firefox/183556>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 28, 2006, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root--url-ie-firefox/183556 "2006-03-28T07:03:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jpao17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@Jpao17](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jpao17)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root--url-ie-firefox/183556/1 "2006-03-28T07:03:38Z")

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Ok, This is pretty much the only code:

```auto

var KL:String = new String;
KL = id;
if(KL==''||KL==null) KL="News";
KL=">> "+KL;

```

In the php file, the SWF is called as such:

embed src=“header/header.swf?id=\<?php echo($\_GET[‘id’]); ?\>”

It can be seen in action here:  
[http://www.spiralwebs.com/dfunk/distorted/v2/news\_main.php?id=News](http://www.spiralwebs.com/dfunk/distorted/v2/news_main.php?id=News)

Great, it works Perfect! (on my beloved Firefox)…

So how can the Same, Exact SWF perform differently on Firefox than on IE?  
In Firefox, the middle tracer line shows the entire URL: [http://www.spiralwebs.com/dfunk/distorted/v2/header/header.swf?id=News](http://www.spiralwebs.com/dfunk/distorted/v2/news_main.php?id=News)  
But IE will only give you up until the ‘?’ : [http://www.spiralwebs.com/dfunk/distorted/v2/header/header.swf](http://www.spiralwebs.com/dfunk/distorted/v2/header/header.swf)

Any Clue as to why IE is doing this? because im stumped on this one…

-Chris

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**Author:** ![Jpao17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@Jpao17](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jpao17)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root--url-ie-firefox/183556/2 "2006-03-29T06:01:13Z")

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Bump, No one can figure out why it would work on Firefox but not IE??

-Chris

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**Author:** ![phorte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@phorte](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phorte)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root--url-ie-firefox/183556/3 "2006-03-29T08:36:53Z")

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Hmmm, prob just because its IE… its likes to be special sometimes, as im sure we all know.

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**Author:** ![Jpao17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@Jpao17](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jpao17)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root--url-ie-firefox/183556/4 "2006-03-29T15:06:50Z")

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Well i realize IE sucks and all, but seeing as how it is still the overwhelming standard, Anybody know how to get it to work?

-Chris

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**Author:** ![Jpao17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@Jpao17](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jpao17)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root--url-ie-firefox/183556/5 "2006-03-30T15:10:04Z")

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Wow. Ridiculous