On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 01:34:47PM +0200, Bo Berglund wrote: > Since the data being transferred to FireFox looks exactly like what is > being used when I open the file directly in FireFox, why does FireFox > not display it in the same way?
When you open the file directly from the filesystem, there is no HTTP header. When accessing the file over HTTP there is a header and it will specify the MIME type, which is set by Apache. This is what mod_mime does. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_mime.html HTH, Pete -- Openstrike - improving business through open source http://www.openstrike.co.uk/ or call 01722 770036 / 07092 020107
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