Browser-sync: BrowserSync willnot follow links to pages with "php" extension; prompts to download; proxy server

[paxperscientiam]

Issue details

I am running BrowserSync as a proxy server for local web servers.
Attempting to follow a link to a webpage with a ".php" extension causes a download modal dialog.

Steps to reproduce/test case

Run the script node live.js (see below).
Once site has loaded in browser, click link.

Please specify which version of Browsersync, node and npm you're running

• Browsersync [ 2.13.0 ]
• Node [ 4.4.3 ]

• Npm [ 2.15.3 ]

  Affected platforms

• [ ] linux

• [ ] windows
• [x ] OS X
• [ ] freebsd
• [ ] solaris

• [ ] other _(please specify which)_

  Browsersync use-case

• [x ] API

• [ ] Gulp
• [ ] Grunt
• [ ] CLI
  

  If CLI, please paste the entire command below

{cli command here}

for all other use-cases, (gulp, grunt etc), please show us exactly how you're using Browsersync

/**
 * Require Browsersync
 */
var requireg = require('requireg');
var bs = requireg('browser-sync').create();

/**
 * Run Browsersync with server config
 */

bs.init({
    proxy: "localhost:8081",
    reloadOnRestart: false,
    online: false,
    serveStatic: ["../wwwroot"],
    files: ["../wwwroot"]
});

[yanwsh]

Hello, looks like you are using browser sync in proxy mode, does php work on localhost:8081?

[phauer]

Same here. I'm using browser-sync 2.18.13, npm 5.1.0 and node 8.0.0. I'm using the CLI:

browser-sync start --proxy 'https://localhost' --serveStatic 'src' --files 'src'

The reason for the download window is the wrong content-type returned by browser-sync's proxy:

• my upstream apache returns Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 when requesting a .php file.
• However, the proxy returns Content-Type: application/octet-stream which causes the browser to open the download window.

I would assume that the proxy just passes the content-type on.
By the way: the other HTTP headers are also not correctly returned by the proxy.

[stefanomonteiro]

Any resolution for this case? I am having the same issue two years later.

[rosalynpoort]

same issue with downloading php files. @stefanomonteiro did you find a resolution?