Playworkplay Webstudio » Code http://playworkplay.com Because Fun Things Get Done Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Browser Trying to Download PHP File instead of Executing it in XAMPP? Try to Clean Cache http://playworkplay.com/blog/browser-trying-to-download-php-file-instead-of-executing-it-in-xampp-try-to-clean-cache/ http://playworkplay.com/blog/browser-trying-to-download-php-file-instead-of-executing-it-in-xampp-try-to-clean-cache/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:57:21 +0000 Hafiz Rahman http://playworkplay.com/blog/browser-trying-to-download-php-file-instead-of-executing-it-in-xampp-try-to-clean-cache/ I use the utterly useful XAMPP from Apache Friends for local development environment. Recently, however, I came across the strange behavior in which everytime I try to open a certain (not all) php page via the Firefox, it will try to download the file (the “Open With/Save As” popup window opens) instead of executing it. This is despite the fact that I’m opening it correctly (apache running fine, no error logs, accessing with “http://localhost/” instead of “c:/xampp/”). An it gets even weirder because I am dead sure the same page opens flawlessly just a few days before.

After two days of looking around, I finally found the cure: clean the browser cache!

Now, I don’t have any idea why this works, but it does. I’m happy, and I hope if you came across the same problem, this might help you as well.

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