.pdf and .php3 want to save to disc??

[Anon]

Has anyone got any idea why, when I try to access a php3 file (or a pdf, IE5.5 wants to save it to disc rather than open it in browser? I'm trying to find out the global variables on a server that reckons it's running php3 but can't get
<?
phpinfo();
?>
to action because of the problem.
php4 (.php) is fine.

[brandonschnell]

look at your mime types. your web server isn't telling IE what the proper mime type is.

for apache take a look at /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and see if you've got:

AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3

if not add it.

for pdf look at /etc/httpd/conf/magic and add:
0 string %PDF- application/pdf

[devtech]

You can add the php3 module like Brandon says, or just add this line

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3

That tells the php4 module to parse .php3 files as well. I hope this helps.

Jason