Why is it always ME! - htaccess doesn't do it!

Cinquecento

I've made an .htaccess file - with the following..

<Files display>

ForceType application/x-httpd-php

</Files>

and put it in the same directory as 'display' - which worked fine when it had it's original '.php' suffix.

So why won't Apache pick it up as a php file?

I've been into httpd.conf - and added 'FileInfo' to the 'AllowOverride AuthConfig' just incase that was it - but no difference.

I know there's a way to just do this in httpd.conf - but it's never described clearly enough for me to grasp - I'd be happy for ANYTHING to work and htaccess seems the most straightforward, but as usual - I can't get it to work at all!

Maybe I should just get a job testing LEGO instead - I'm sure I could get that to work!

Ian

P.S.

Doing that 'reverse' URL thing - www.mydomain.com/display.php/10 for friendly URLs - all the graphics fail - because they are then referenced as display.php/art/image.jpg - rather than just 'art/image.jpg'.

And yet I've seen no mention of this occuring or how to fix it on any site mentioning this technique - so once again I have to ask - WHY ME?

magnafix

As to the quesiton "why me", I have no answer for you.

But this article might help with your technical question:

http://www.devarticles.com/art/1/143

🙂

Cinquecento

...at least with the Apache thing - I'm running Apache 1.3.12 - the article says I need 1.39+ can this be why it doesn't work?

As for my paranoia - it's no better!

Ian

sarah

I am assuming that you want files with a non-PHP extension to run as php. If all of the files have the same extension, I would just add a MIME type in your .htaccess or httpd.conf file.

For example, if you want all .html files to run as php, use this:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html

If you are trying to do something else, please explain.

Cinquecento

I want files (specifically 'display') that have NO extension to run as PHP - to simplify the URL for search engine friendliness - using the recursive script thingy wotsit that PHP does.... and a Forcetype directive so as I can leave off the .php extension....

It's not rocket science - I just can't get .htaccess to perform as others can!

Ian