Prototype/jQuery conflict on getElementsByClassName in IE8

Question

I've got jQuery 1.10 on a Magento 1.7.0.2 install, in IE8 and below I'm getting the following error:

SCRIPT438: Object doesn't support property or method 'getElementsByClassName' 
jquery.js, line 5109 character 13

This line is in bold below:

if ( match && (context.nodeType === 1 || context.nodeType === 9) ) {
          // Speed-up: Sizzle("TAG")
          if ( match[1] ) {
            return makeArray( context.getElementsByTagName( query ), extra );

          // Speed-up: Sizzle(".CLASS")
          } else if ( match[2] && Expr.find.CLASS && context.getElementsByClassName ) {
            
          }
        }

I believe this is down to Prototype 1.7 causing a conflict with getElementsByClassName , is there a fix for this?

Answer 1

The function isn't supported in IE 8 or below:

http://caniuse.com/#search=getElementsByClassName