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1. sleeplessinDC
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Since installing WordPress 2.8.1, I and several users have been having problems with links trying to download a page as 'application/x-httpd-php' instead of serving HTML. Is there something wrong with the configuration for application/x-httpd-php in WordPress or is there something I need to add to my .htaccess file to make the links work correctly?

   It doesn't happen consistently but happens often. For example, clicking on a link doesn't take you to that page. Instead, it may bring up a dialog box that says I am trying to download a page of application/x-httpd-php called index.php--do you want to save it?

   I've experienced this myself and so far have heard from 3 people that they are having the same problem in IE7 and Firefox 3.0 on Windows XP, and Firefox 3.5 and Safari 4.? on Mac OSX

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try contacting your hosting provider. There's an issue with the server set up.

3. Steve
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Is there anything in your apache or php error logs? You've not got the Suhosin hardening patch installed in PHP have you? I've seen it crash out with a canary error which makes Apache deliver the php file as a download.

4. sleeplessinDC
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   The answer for me was that I had recently switched from one host who was using PHP4 to another host who is using PHP5. I still had a PHP4 line in my .htaccess file. I change from
   AddType application/x-httpd-php .html .htm

   to AddType php5-cgi .html .htm

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