Understanding PHP handlers

[Andy]

Here are two informative link explaining PHP handlers:

https://www.knownhost.com/kb/php-handlers-and-what-they-are/

https://docs.cpanel.net/ea4/php/php-handlers/

 

[Andy]

The /etc/apache2/conf.d/php.conf configuration file contains the global directives that configure Apache’s PHP application handlers.

I use CGI as my PHP handler on my forums.

 

[Andy]

You can see which PHP handler you're using by going here:

WHM -> Multi PHP Manager