PHP screen output issue
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After updating to 25.11 I am having issues accessing various menu items.
When php outputs info to the screen I cannot leave or close that screen. And I cannot access whatever may lie under that screen when it is closed. So far the only way I have been about to proceed is to backspace for the URL to the IP of pfSense and reload. I am accessing the GUI on a Mac running Apples latest OS. It so happens that the Apple OS was released and installed on the same day as pfSense so I can't be certain my problem is due to pfSense and not Apple.
The screens I am unable to close are 'pkg_mgr_install.php', 'pfblockerng_feeds'pgp', and 'services_unbound.php'. I don't know if there are other menu items that present this problem. Below is a screenshot to verify what I mean when I say 'php info screen'.
Is there a log file 'somewhere' on pfSense that may have a clue to what is going on? And in case this might be a problem with my OS, can you advise me what I should tell Apple because I don't have confidence in my description of this problem.
The image below cannot be closed. In the past clicking outside of the text area would close this sort of info item.
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@JonH It sounds like you are seeing this as a popup of some sort? It is not:
(...on same page...)
Do you maybe have a custom theme set in System > General Setup?
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@SteveITS My theme is set to pfSense.
The posted attachment is a screenshot of what I get when I load the page specific to the .php url address. I'm sorry for my lack of a better technical description.
pfSense-> services -> DNS Resolver gives me the "php output" that is in my screen shot in original post. I cannot leave that page unless I backspace over the url and reload my pfsense ip.
Also, not that it matters, but I am running KEA for dhcp.
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Feels like a Safari issue. Try using whatever non-cached mode Safari offers, 'private tab' or similar. Also disable any browser add-ons.
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@SteveITS I just fired up a backup computer running linux and firefox.
I just tried pfSense in Safari's 'private window' (aka incognitio mode?) and the same php output window opens but it allows me to close it by clicking on the viewed page.
So this seems to be a problem with my browser, I'll try clearing the cache.
Thanks, jon
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Posting for future readers searching for Safari problem. My problem was that Safari was autoloading Reader instead of rendering the page as designed.
On the url bar, at the far left is an icon to toggle reader mode. It also has settings for the viewed web page. Somehow, 'Open with Reader' got toggled on. Clearing that toggle for Reader fixes the issue I was having. This reader mode has been happening to me for a very long time but until this week I was always able to clear it by clicking outside of the reader. I hope this helps someone in the future.
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@JonH said in PHP screen output issue:
Safari was autoloading Reader
Should be sepia by default! Would've been instantly obvious.
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@tinfoilmatt Yes, but at my age obvious has become evasive. Since I've been experiencing this 'reader view' for years it never occurred to me that it was my browser.
Going to Private Window should have been my first shot before posting. That thought eluded me.
