Disabling PHP for a virtual host

[Anon]

How do I configure a virtual host so that PHP will NOT be parsed for that virtual host? By default any hosts on the server parse PHP. This is using Apache.

                     Thanks.

[chris-kuta]

This can be done with a Configuration varaible in the apache httpd.conf file

Check http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php

engine boolean

This directive is really only useful in the Apache module version of PHP. It is used by sites that would like to turn PHP parsing on and off on a per-directory or per-virtual server basis. By putting engine off in the appropriate places in the httpd.conf file, PHP can be enabled or disabled.

Also check here for the right place to put it
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/

[Anon]

What if I change the servers mime type on the virtual host so that the server just doesn't recognize any .php or whatever files as php. Then it won't parse em? Kind of a kludgy way of doing it, but it should work, right?