On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 10:27:42AM -0500, Robert Matthews wrote: > In both IE 7 and Firefox 3.5, a FILE:// url works fine if typed directly into > the browser, but not if it's on a Pmwiki page. The problem appears to be the > PHP code that PMWiki is written in. We have a very tightly controlled intranet > with a relatively small number of users behind a firewall. We want the ability > to simply click on a FILE:// link and access the page. We have found a kludgy > solution using an add-on for Firefox named 'Localhost', but nothing for IE. > Any > solutions?
The "problem" isn't with PHP or PmWiki, it's with the browser. Browsers typically only honor file:// links when they come from a local source, such as when entered directly or when viewing a page from a local hard drive. file:// links in page coming from an "external" webserver via http:// aren't considered safe by the browser, and so it refuses to use them. As you've seen, there's an add-on for Firefox that enables them to work somewhat, but I don't know how to do anything for IE (short of reducing IE's security policies). Pm _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
