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What is the difference between AddHandler and AddType in htaccess files

Can someone explain what the difference is between AddType and AddHandler in htaccess files? I want to make the settings such that I can have a javascript file (.js) be run through the server as though it were a php file (application/x-httpd-php5) but then sent to the user's browser as a (text/javascript) file. How might i configure this?

Solution

  • I doesn't sound like a great idea to parse all .js files as php. I would suggest using a .htaccess Rewrite directive to map the .js files in question, to your php script.

    RewriteRule /phpjs/.* /phpjs/js.php

    Then add 

    header("Content-Type: text/javascript");

    to your php output.