Ignore folder in ASP .NET MVC

Question

I have an existing ASP .NET MVC application and I would like to ignore a specific folder within it (where I intend to put PHP scripts).

I have tried adding an ignore

Answer 1

for those on IIS7+ who keep struggling with this issue even with the suggested solution: you also need to wrap system.webServer tag:

Thanks to http://runtingsproper.blogspot.ca/2010/04/solved-breaking-parent-webconfig.html