How to Fix MIME Type Problems in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 October 2012 07:27 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Thursday, 18 October 2012 12:00

There has been a big problem for a while involving recognizing MIME types in elgg 1.8 This is due to the fact that the latest elgg release quietly requires php 5.3 to properly recognize MIME types as pointed out for one of our elgg users in our forum. For that reason in this article I will show you to fix this issue.

By default, all of our Linux accounts use of PHP 5.2 as not all scripts are compatible with PHP 5.3, but since elgg relies on php 5.3, we are going to do the following solution, which was extracted from one of our articles written by Ryan.

Open the .htaccess file of your elgg installation, and of the top of the file, add this line:

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 .php

How to Use PHP 5.3 on Linux Hosting

Last Updated on Sunday, 13 November 2011 11:09 Written by ryan Thursday, 8 September 2011 08:15

The release of PHP 5.3.x is a major improvement in the 5.x series which includes a large number of new features and bug fixes.

By default, our Linux accounts makes use of PHP 5.2 as not all scripts are compatible with PHP 5.3, but if you are ready to make the jump. or your script requires PHP 5.3; you can do the following:

Adding to your existing .htaccess file in your public_html directory or creating one if it doesn’t already exist; add the following contents to the top of the file:

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 .php

Save the file and you should now be on PHP 5.3 If you are still facing, please submit a ticket to our support department from support.arvixe.com and our support staff would be happy to help you out.
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