#36772 [WFx]: Apache installation docs erronously suggest AddType rather than AddHandler

ID: 36772 User updated by: noodlet at gmail dot com Reported By: noodlet at gmail dot com Status: Wont fix Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: N/A PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: I've been asked to post this on behalf of somebody else who can't, given this ticket's current status. === lamp (lampiluoto at gmail dot com) says: Even though AddType "works" in basic setup, there are 3rd party modules that rely on proper use of handlers. One example of AddType *not* working is mod_security and audit logging. If one uses mod_security and audit logging with 'SecAuditEngineDynamicOrRelevant' to log requests on dynamic or relevant content then using AddType doesn't work. Mod_security considers content dynamic if handler is not null and therefore use of AddHandler is necessary. If AddType is used as PHP's documentation advices, dynamic content produced with PHP won't be logged. Reference to mod_security audit log documentation: http://www.modsecurity.org/documentation/modsecurity-apache/stable/07-logging.html#N109C4 Regards, -- Tero Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-03-20 15:57:30] noodlet at gmail dot com Thanks colder@php.net for the patch. It looks like the faq contains AddType as well, so I'll update your patch when I figure out how to grab the docs source :) "Rasmus said something and must be right" isn't terribly convincing. AddType tells the browser what to do with a file. AddHandler tells the server what to do with a file. While it's true that AddHandler didn't exist 8 years ago, it does now. This is confusing for people learning about apache. I personally remember wondering why AddType was used for both mime types and dynamic content. It has been pointed out to me elsewhere that AddType interferes with mod_security's auditting. So clearly, this isn't "just academic". Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-03-18 02:21:20] nlopess@php.net Rasmus comments about this ( http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-dev&m=110358407015432&w=2 ): "There was a time when there was no AddHandler directive. Addtype was the way you did this. Since AddType works with every version of Apache I never saw a reason to change this even after AddHandler was added since it is purely academic in nature." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-03-17 18:50:24] colder@php.net Ok, if AddHandler is definitely the term to have in the manual for Apache1/2, then here is the patch : http://www.colder.ch/patches/apache-configuration.patch Thanks in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-03-17 16:54:51] noodlet at gmail dot com Sorry! I meant AddHandler, not AddModule. AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml AddHandler application/x-httpd-php-source .phps noodl (Must remember to think before typing) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-03-17 15:33:06] mike@php.net What are you talking about, AddModule just loads the libphp[45].so apache module? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/36772 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36772&edit=1