[plug] Apache with XUL index files

[Matthew Lambie]

On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 21:46 +0800, Timothy White wrote:
> I want to use a xul file as a index file in apache2.
> So for example, when you goto http://example.com/ it serves up
> index.html, or index.php.... depending on what file is there.
> If I add index.xul to that list, it serves it up, but with MIME type
> text/html instead of application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml
> When I ask for the file index.xul (instead of just index or no file,
> just a directory) it works. I have all the correct MIME type entries,
> it seems that the problems is that because there is no extension in
> the request, it takes the default of text/html, instead of looking at
> the file that is served, and using the appropriate MIME type.
> 
> Is there a way for me to get this working, or is it a bug in Apache?

I immediately thought you could have PHP send a redirect request back to
the browser, so you serve index.php, which bounces the user onto
index.xul.

<?php header("Location: index.xul"); ?>

Probably not the solution you expected, but one that would work.
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Matthew Lambie
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