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How can I get .php files parsed as php4

By default .php files are parsed as php3 on 1&1 Servers. As it is common practise to parse .php files with the newest php-Version and a lot of scripts require this please use the following work-around:
Please create a .htaccess file in your main directory containing the following:

.htaccess

AddType x-mapp-php4 .php

The changes take effect immediatly.
This also solves the problem with phpmySQL asking for magic quotes to be turned on.
Obviously you can alter the script to AddType x-mapp-php4 .php3 to parse files ending .php3 with php4.

Please note that this will only work on the Linux Packages

Only!