在.htaccess中升级到PHP 5.3会导致浏览器下载文件

Question

I'm helping someone out with a Wordpress 3.8 install on an older Hostgator account that uses PHP 5.2.17. I'd like to make use of some plugins which require 5.3+ .

According to Hostgator docs you should be able to simply add:

# Use PHP 5.3
AddType application/x-httpd-php53 .php

to your .htaccess file and get the desired result.

However, after adding these lines to the top or bottom of /public_html/.htaccess I get prompted to download a file in my browser when trying to visit the site:

Is there something obvious that could be causing this?

Answer 1

I got more clarification on the hosting environment. It is a HostGator VPS, which the docs state you need to submit a ticket - and not edit htaccess - to upgrade PHP.