I’m trying to transfer a WordPress website into a client’s server. The existing website of the client is run in MODX (a php-based CMS). I have created a subdirectory in the root called “new” and put my WordPress files in there so I can first install it there and if everything looks good, move it to the root.
However, the problem is that I can’t run php files from that sub directory. Every time I navigate to a file, the browser downloads the file instead of running it. I can run files from the root just fine.
Anybody knows what the issue might be? Can something in the .htaccess prevent files from running from a sub directory?
Yes the
.htaccessfile can prevent proper operation/access of PHP files in your sub-directory. Try removing the.htaccessfile completely and report the results.I have seen this issue with bogus
.htaccessfiles.Do not rename the
.htaccessor delete it. The best way is here where it suggest to make the edits in.htaccessfile.