Overview
This article explains how to force PHP to load a file that does not end with the extension .php.
FCGI
To process files with PHP whose names don't end with .php, you can use a directive in .htaccess.
For example, create a file named myfile.test with the following code:
<?php echo 'testing an extension using PHP'; ?>
The extension .test doesn’t exist. But, you can force it to run as PHP by adding this code to your .htaccess file:
AddHandler fcgid-script .test FcgidWrapper "/dh/cgi-system/php74.cgi" .test
If you load the file in a browser, it will now load like a normal PHP file.
CGI
In the above example, files with the extension .test are using PHP 7.4 with FastCGI.
If you want to use CGI (instead of FastCGI), add the following line to your .htaccess file:
This line uses the default shell version of PHP.
Additionally, using this directive in a FastCGI environment forces all PHP code in the specified extensions to run using CGI regardless of what option you choose in the panel.
AddHandler php5-cgi .test
