I have a single, specific non-PHP file on the server that must be executed as PHP. For the sake of example let's say it's a text file called test.txt and its contents are: <? echo 'hello world'; ?>
So, when a site visitor accesses test.txt, they should not see the contents of the text file: instead, the server should execute the text file as PHP, and the visitor should see hello world.
No other text file on the server must execute as PHP, but only this specific one.
I tried the following in my .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^test\.txt$ - [H=application/x-httpd-php]
No effect: I still see the contents of the text file (i.e. the PHP source code instead of the output).
My PHP version — as determined by echo phpversion(); — is 8.1.32. But it still doesn't work if I change the x-httpd-php type to add a version number: I've tried x-httpd-php5 and x-httpd-php8 and x-httpd-php81. (From reading other answers on this site, there seems to be no reliable way to find out exactly which number to put here.)
How can I get the text file to execute as described above?
(As for why I want to do this: I'm trying to find a workaround for my other unsolved issue here, relating to WooCommerce shop limitations on product download URLs.)
Okay, I have finally found a configuration that works.
I took the value from PHP of $_SERVER['REDIRECT_HANDLER'] which is application/x-httpd-ea-php81. (So unfortunately it seems I will have to change this .htaccess rule every time that the PHP version gets updated...?)
Then I put this into the .htaccess file:
<Files test.txt>
AddType application/x-httpd-ea-php81 .txt
</Files>