Can I Recover Firefox and Tor Bookmarks?

Question

My request PHP file elaborates some Ajax POST data:

POST data

data[0][id]:359
data[0][position]:1
data[1][id]:321
data[1][position]:2
data[2][id]:354
data[2][position]:3

Request.php

if(isset($_POST['data'])) {
    if(isset($_SESSION['username']) && isset($_SESSION['password'])) {

        $verify = $loggedIn->verify();

        if($verify['username']) {
            $Profile = new Profile();
            $Profile->db = $db;
            //Call my function
            $messages = $Profile->setOrder($_POST['data']);     

        }
    }
}

Profile.php

function setOrder($post) {
    var_dump($post);

    foreach($post as $item)
    {
        return "Area ID ".$item["id"]." and person located ".$item["position"]."<br />";
    }
}

My function returns nothing and the dump of $post is as below

array(3) {
  [0]=>
  array(2) {
    ["id"]=>
    string(3) "359"
    ["position"]=>
    string(1) "1"
  }
  [1]=>
  array(2) {
    ["id"]=>
    string(3) "321"
    ["position"]=>
    string(1) "2"
  }
  [2]=>
  array(2) {
    ["id"]=>
    string(3) "354"
    ["position"]=>
    string(1) "3"
  }
}

Inside my function I can dump correctly something like var_dump($post[0]["id"]); so why my foreach loop is empty?

Solution

In fact, you just have to copy the folder "firefox" and all its content. This folder is located in the hidden folder ".mozilla" of your personal folder (/home/username/).

On another operating system (Linux, Mac or Windows), you just have to launch Mozilla Firefox once. Then close it and copy the profile folder (xxxxxx.default) from the "firefox" backup folder in the corresponding "firefox" folder for your platform. After that, I recommend you to edit "profiles.ini" and replace the "Path" value by the name of the profile folder copied instead of overwriting that file with the one from the backup.

On Windows 7/8/8.1, you'll find "firefox" folder (containing profiles) in "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\".

That's what I use very often to do the contrary (migrating from Windows or Mac to Linux).

P.S.: Please note that you may have to replace add-ons which are designed for Linux by the ones designed for your platform.

Comments

[Golboth]

If you don't see the graphical login screen, you might be facing some problems with the drivers used for your graphic card. Trying another one might be a solution. In some very rare cases, I replaced the graphic card which was badly supported by another cheap one very well supported...

[Peter Rakmanyi]

Try to var_dump($item); inside the loop. Maybe it will reveal something.

[CD001]

You're not actually telling your foreach() to output anything, merely return - which will assign that string to $messages = $Profile->setOrder($_POST['data']); and terminate the loop.

[Sebastian Brosch]

you don't loop because return breaks the loop

[Peter Rakmanyi]

I missed the return. Do you want to echo?

[Andy Ibanez]

Wish I knew that so I could have configured this when my Linux box worked.

[Uttam Pal]

Oh, sorry I missed the point that you cannot log in.

[Uttam Pal]

All your firefox settings are there in the hidden ~/.mozilla directory. There within this you'll also find a directory called "bookmarkbackups" that contains time to time backup of all your bookmarks as *.jason files. Hope that helps.

[Andy Ibanez]

Thanks, I will give this answer a go as soon as I start settings things up again. Add-ons are not a problem since I never used them.