Linux – AddHandler for PHP with different file extension

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I'm trying to configure a hosted Apache server, via .htaccess, to execute files with .asp extension with PHP. But I don't know what the correct handler-name for AddHandler is.

The reason is that we have a flash app that is GET requesting .asp files. We will re-write the .asp files in PHP but we can not change the flash app (we don't even have the source code).

I have tried to use the AddHandler and AddType directives.

AddHandler php-fcgid .php .asp
AddType application/x-httpd-php .asp
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php7 .asp

Examples of directives I have tried to no avail

Most give No input file specified. or set the mime-type to application/x-httpd-php for .php files (technically setting the Content-Type HTTP header).

Now, I fully understand AddHandler and AddType – the best resource I have found is https://www.webmasterworld.com/apache/4557229.htm#msg4557505.

The host has, what looks like a custom dash-board for administrating the server. I can change PHP version, from 5.4 to 7.0 and change some settings in php.ini.

I uploaded a phpinfo(); and some of the values I think is relevant is posted below. The Apache version is unknown as it just report Server: Apache. But I'm sure it is at least Apache2, since Apache 2.0 Handler is listed under SAPI Modules.

How can I figure out what the correct handler-name for AddHandler is?

PHP Version 7.0.9

Server API  CGI/FastCGI
Configuration File (php.ini) Path   /compile/php70/dest/lib
Loaded Configuration File   /etc/custom_php_config/slavespillet.dk/php.ini
Scan this dir for additional .ini files     (none)
Additional .ini files parsed    (none)
PHP API     20151012

cgi-fcgi

Directive   Local Value Master Value
cgi.check_shebang_line  1   1
cgi.discard_path    0   0
cgi.fix_pathinfo    1   1
cgi.force_redirect  1   1
cgi.nph 0   0
cgi.redirect_status_env no value    no value
cgi.rfc2616_headers 0   0
fastcgi.logging 1   1

Core

PHP Version     7.0.9
$_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] Apache

Best Answer

A workaround/alternative is to simply rewrite the .asp request to .php and store your files as ordinary .php files - assuming .php files are served correctly. Using mod_rewrite you could do something like the following in your root .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.asp$ $1.php [L]

This would internally rewrite a request for /path/to/something.asp to /path/to/something.php.

Related Solutions

Php-fpm start error

You need reconfigure and recompile php sources. Remember about make clean if you do it again and again. Php-fpm patch for php 5.2 branch can be download from here: http://php-fpm.org/ 5.3 and 5.4 branch has php-fpm included.

Crucial options for compiling php 5.2 with php-fpm:

--enable-fastcgi --enable-fpm --enable-force-cgi-redirect

Location of php-fpm.conf depends on your prefix. If you chose /usr/local/ it should be in /usr/local/etc in case of 5.2

For php 5.3 and 5.4:

--enable-fpm --with-fpm-user=http --with-fpm-group=http

Group and user fit only for my distro. Use proper for yours.

For my installation of 5.4 I chose --sysconfdir=/etc/php54 so php-fpm.conf it's just right there.

Apache .htaccess – Running PHP in CGI/FastCGI Mode on Shared Hosting

The problem is not that Apache rewrite rules in the .htaccess file won't work when running PHP as a CGI vs. an Apache module. It's just you can't use the .htacess file to set PHP values when it's ran as a CGI. Instead you have to have a separate php.ini file that has your settings changed in it. Within my own shared hosting account, which runs PHP as a CGI, I make use of FastCGI and have the following in my .htaccess file:

<IfModule !mod_php.so>
    AddHandler myphp-script .php
    Action myphp-script /cgi-bin/myphp.fcgi
</IfModule>

Then in my accounts /cgi-bin/ directory I place the myphp.fcgi script with chmod 755 containing:

#!/bin/sh

# This ensures PHP doesn't try to run it's own
# process manager.  
export PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN=0

# Execute PHP with my php.ini config file
exec /path/to/system/cgi-bin/php -c ~/myconf/php.ini

I still have a <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> section in my .htaccess file to handle rewriting some old URI paths to the new URI structure to maintain old links that are cached in search engines.