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Asked: 2026-05-20T10:56:00+00:00

I am using ubuntu 11.04 with an apache-mysql server (I think that is called

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I am using ubuntu 11.04 with an apache-mysql server (I think that is called LAMP) on a firefox web browser. If I put a php file in my document root, and then type http://localhost/myfile.php, it runs fine. But if I simply click it, it opens up firefox and prompts me to save or download the file. If I put it, say, on my desktop, and doubleclick it, it does the save or download thing. Why is this, and can I configure it so that I can just click and display like a normal html file would?

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  1. Editorial Team

    A PHP file needs to be interpreted server-side before it reaches the browser. If you just open it using file:///foo/bar/myfile.php, Firefox won’t know what to do with it, because Firefox doesn’t interpret PHP. Conversely, how would Firefox know that /foo/bar/myfile.php should be opened using the completely unrelated address http://localhost/myfile.php?

    Bottom line: it just doesn’t work that way.

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