The behaviour of the Apache PHP module is affected by settings in php.ini.
Configuration settings from php.ini may be overridden by
php_flag settings
in the server configuration file or local .htaccess files.
Example #1 Turning off PHP parsing for a directory using .htaccess
php_flag engine off
Apache configuration options
Name
Default
Changeable
Changelog
engine
"1"
PHP_INI_ALL
Available since PHP 4.0.5.
child_terminate
"0"
PHP_INI_ALL
Available since PHP 4.0.5.
last_modified
"0"
PHP_INI_ALL
Available since PHP 4.0.5.
xbithack
"0"
PHP_INI_ALL
Available since PHP 4.0.5.
For further details and definitions of the
PHP_INI_* constants, see the php.ini directives.
Here's a short explanation of
the configuration directives.
Turns PHP parsing on or off.
This directive is really only useful in the Apache module
version of PHP. It is used by sites that would like to turn
PHP parsing on and off on a per-directory or per-virtual
server basis. By putting engine off
in the appropriate places in the httpd.conf file, PHP can
be enabled or disabled.