472847 - empty src tag results in multiple get requests

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 444931

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Lawrence Kok]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5

When using a img tag with a empty src attribute, it results in mozilla doing multiple get requests. For example <img src="">


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add a img tag on a webpage with a empty src attribute.
2. Write some log function, to log the webrequests into a file.
3. open the webpage once
4. check your log, there are now 2 requests instead of one.
Actual Results:  
2 HTTP GET requests.

Expected Results:  
1 HTTP GET request. If a src tag is empty, it should not be processed.

I haven't tested if this src attribute applies to other html elements, but if they are coded conform OOP standards it's likely the bug also occurs with other html elements e.g. script, iframe etc.