Tom Horsley <horsley1953 <at> gmail.com> writes: > > On my local system I have apache running so I can test web pages > before I upload them to my ISP. > > I have a sample .php script which I explicitly named with > a .php.txt suffix so it would be treated as a plain text > file, not a php script. > > Yet apache is clearly running the php script rather than just > uploading the plain text copy of the script when I click > on the link to the .php.txt file. > > Anyone have any clue what is causing this to happen? > I can't imagine this is something that would be desirable > behavior . > > I made it stop by turning off php completely in the > subdirectory holding the pages, but I still what to > understand what on earth was making it run the script > in the first place.
Just guessing but what is the first line of the file? It's probably: <?php Apache reads the file, hits the <?php line and processes it as a php file. It's a feature. *nix (not just Linux) don't use the file extension to determine what to do with a file. Cheers, Dave -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
