Apache: Disable php in a directory

Question

I want to disable php in a directory on my server. I thought that setting Options -ExecCGI in httpd.conf would prevent php scripts from being executed, but obviously I am wr

Answer 1

you can do this with .htaccess file. you need to place a .htaccess file in the folder you don't want to execute the php with following htaccess code.

<Files *.php>
deny from all
</Files>

see here in more details http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-disable-php-execution-in-certain-wordpress-directories/

Also you can Try to disable the engine option in your .htaccess file:

php_flag engine off

Answer 2

php_flag engine offonly works if you are using mod_php(as well as mod_php7.x) than php-fpm

Seems you are using php-fpm, so add the further lines into httpd.conf:

<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/(path_to_directory)/dirname">
<FilesMatch ".+\.*$">
SetHandler !
</FilesMatch>
</Directory>

or these in .htaccess in the Directory you don't expect the execution of PHP:

<FilesMatch ".+\.*$">
SetHandler !
</FilesMatch>

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I have tested it on an Unix Platform rather than a Windows, Hope it would help U.