How to select file in subdirectory by "files" directive? - apache

Question

I want to compile PHP code in specific .htm file, if file located at root directory of domain I can add
<Files file.htm>
AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .htm
</Files>
to .htaccess, but what should I do if file located at another directory(/sub/file.htm, for example)?

Answer 1

Maybe it could be done if your are using httpd 2.4 which has <if> supports
<If "%{PATH_INFO} =~ /.*\/sub\/(file|anotherfile|andanother)\.htm/">
AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .htm
</If>

Answer 2

Maybe you want to use the httpd.conf instead of .htaccess file. You could then use <Location>-directive in this case:
<Location /sub/file.htm>
AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .htm
</Location>
Note that if you want to use a regexp to match the location you need to write a ~ before the location or use the <LocationMatch>-directive.
E.g.:
<Location ~ "/sub/(file|anotherfile|andanother).htm">
AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .htm
</Location>
EDIT:
Another possible solution (also only in virtualhost-config) should be a combined <Directory> and <Files>-directive:
<Directory /sub>
<Files file.htm>
AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .htm
</Files>
</Directory>

Answer 3

Try FilesMatch:
<FilesMatch "file.htm$">
AddType ...
</Files>
It applies a regex to the filename, so this'll match any file path which has "file.htm" at the end. It'd apply to any file in any directory that ends with "file.html". Note that this would also match on "somefile.htm" and "/subdir/somefile.htm". If you've got other files in your site tree that could trigger this, you'll have to mod the regex to exclude them.