PHP handler override through .htaccess file

Reto Vogel — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:58:01 +0000

While setting up my new blog and adding some useful plugins, I asserted that my hoster’s (Hoststar – Multimedia Networks AG) default php handler is version 4.3.11 … a bit out of date I think (actual version is 5.2.x respectively 5.3.x).

After some research and try-and-error I found an easy way to change the handler without getting in contact with the support unit – thanks to my studies colleague Thomas Galliker and to Google.

There are two possibilities to bypass this “problem”:

Change the ending of all php files to .php52.
Add the following lines to the corresponding .htaccess File to use the PHP 5.2 handler for all php files:

Action php /cgi-php52/php AddHandler php52 .php

After changing the handler via .htaccess file I didn’t have any problems with my installed and activated plugins.

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