Custom file extensions

ghostandride

Hi, I'm a noob. I've installed PHP as fastcgi to use with the LightTPD server locally on my Mac for learning and dev. I would like to use custom file extensions and remember seeing how to do this a couple years ago when flirting with PHP for the first time (obviously, I didn't make it very far then). I feel I could figure it out for use with Apache, but as I stated, I'm using LightTPD. I added the MIME-Type for the extension of my choice to my lighttpd.conf, but when I attempt to load up the b@$tard, my web browser just thinks... indefinitely. Any help would be appreciated. :xbones:

bpat1434

What did you use as the mime-type?

Wouldn't it be something like:

# mimetype mapping
 	mimetype.assign             = (
 	 	".foo" => "application/x-httpd-php",

ghostandride

Yeah, here is how I have it listed:

# Mimetype mapping {{{1
mimetype.assign             = (
  ".php"          =>      "application/x-httpd-php",
  ".foo"           =>      "application/x-httpd-php",
  ".phps"        =>      "application/x-httpd-php-source"
 )

...obviously with other mime-types listed as well. By doing this I have no issues with pages with extension.php, but pages with my custom extension just attempt to load endlessly with no progress.

bpat1434

Look later in the config file for other "php" strings. I only saw the one online, but there's something else about directories or something later after the mime declaration.

Have you modded the fast-cgi options in your config to include the .foo extension as PHP?

Something like:

fastcgi.server = ( ".foo" => ("localhost" => ("bin" => "path/to/php -c /path/to/php.ini",
                                                          "socket" => "tmp/php.socket")))

Honestly, that's a shot in the dark. If that doesn't work (or screws it up more) just revert back, and ask on their forums. I honestly dont' know because I don't use LightTPD.