367167 - Firefox wants to download PHP files that uses a POST command.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Emanuel Claesson]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; sv-SE; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; sv-SE; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1

This doesnt happends always. But often. Especially on PHP forums such as phpBB. When i post a reply, FireFox somethimes ask me if i wants to open or download the php-file. If i clicks cancel, the website will work fully and my reply will be posted. (This happends when i acces a PHP file with a POST command)

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enter a PHP forum (phpBB is recommended)
2. Post a reply
3. Then, here is the bug.
Actual Results:  
FireFox asked me if i wanted to open or download the php file.

Expected Results:  
Post my reply, (wich it still does) and go on to the next page instead of downloading the file.

There has been no crash, so i don't have any TalkBack ID. I uses the swedish version. And there can be some problems with my firewall & router wich does this as a safty procedure. The place where i finds this bug the most is http://www.phpportalen.net

Comment 1

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

Please test in Firefox's safe mode <http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_mode>, and let us know whether or not that clears it up - there are several extensions that cause that sort of thing (IETab leaps to mind).

Comment 2

[Rob McBob]

Looks like I have the same issue, trying to login to a demo:
http://xrms.sourceforge.net/pagebuilder.php?s1=11

Comment 3

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

And what happened when you tested in Firefox's safe mode?

Comment 4

[Rob McBob]

The same thing happens in safe mode.  I follow the link and the file dialog opens, save file or open with...

Comment 5

[Rob McBob]

Sorry, I forgot version info, I'm on Linux.
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20070107 BonEcho/2.0.0.1

Comment 6

[Emanuel Claesson]

This bug coming in periods. A cople of days this bug can appear all the time. And then, there can be some days without the bug.

Comment 7

[Ian]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9a5pre) Gecko/20070430 Minefield/3.0a5pre ID:0000000000 [cairo]
Adblock Plus 0.7.2.4
DOM Inspector 1.9a5pre
Flashblock 1.5.3
Nightly Tester Tools 1.2.1

I had this a few days ago when I checked an old (Excite) webmail account.  Clicking on the [Empty] Bulk Mail tag would ask to download the php   cancel wouldn't do anything except cancel.

Definitely intermittent.  Tryiing to reproduce it now - nop luck.

Comment 8

[Rob McBob]

I just updated to 2.0.0.4 and still see the problem.  From the Sourceforge URL I posted previously, I click on the "sourceforge demo" link, and it still happens.  This has been consistent for the last couple of releases.

Full version info: 
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070603 Firefox/2.0.0.4

Comment 9

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported using Firefox 3.0 or older, which is no longer supported. The bug has also not been changed in over 500 days and is still in UNCO.
Reporter, please retest this bug in Firefox 3.6.10 or later using a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/managing+profiles. If you still see this problem, please update the bug. If you no longer see the bug, please set the resolution to RESOLVED, WORKSFORME.

This is a mass search of unconfirmed bugs that have no activity on them, so if you feel a bug was marked in error, just remove the CLOSEME comment in the whiteboard within the next month.

Comment 10

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.