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Reply to topic   Topic: Use PHP without changing httpd.conf?
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mariachi77



Joined: 23 Apr 2007
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Location: Taiwan
PostPosted: Mon 23 Apr '07 8:04    Post subject: Use PHP without changing httpd.conf? Reply with quote
Hi,

We had 3 production servers with different configurations and in the midst of documenting the changes, we discovered that one of the servers didn't even have any AddType / AddHandler declarations for PHP in its httpd.conf file. Nonetheless, it still executed PHP scripts without issue.

Does anyone know of any way to setup Apache to run PHP without using AddType or AddHandler declarations in the httpd.conf file? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Cheers!
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
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Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg
PostPosted: Mon 23 Apr '07 10:06    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe it is setup in a vhost. Any includes in the httpd.conf?
restarted the server?
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mariachi77



Joined: 23 Apr 2007
Posts: 6
Location: Taiwan
PostPosted: Mon 23 Apr '07 10:39    Post subject: Reply with quote
Includes in the httpd.conf might be it -- but just to confirm, there MUST be AddType or AddHandler directives in order for PHP to work with Apache, right? There's simply no other way, correct?
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James Blond
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PostPosted: Mon 23 Apr '07 13:42    Post subject: Reply with quote
There is a different way. But not easy!
You can turn on xbithack on in a vhost or generell in httpd.conf

Parses files with executable bit set as PHP regardless of their file ending. But sometimes there are conflicts with picutres.

xbithack manual
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mariachi77



Joined: 23 Apr 2007
Posts: 6
Location: Taiwan
PostPosted: Tue 24 Apr '07 4:55    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, I'm pretty sure we weren't using that way to execute scripts. The AddType or AddHandler directives must have been in the included conf scripts.

Thanks for your help in clearing up this mystery.
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mariachi77



Joined: 23 Apr 2007
Posts: 6
Location: Taiwan
PostPosted: Thu 26 Apr '07 7:28    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just wanted to leave a definitive reason for why there were no AddType or AddHandler directives in our httpd.conf: RedHat and Apache 2.0 puts .conf files for packages in the /etc/httpd/conf/conf.d/ directory. So, the PHP-related directives would have been in that directory.

More info here:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/ref-guide/ch-httpd.html
(have a look at section 10.1.3)
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