Detecting mod_php7 in Apache 2.4 .htaccess fails

Question

Consider the following .htaccess directives:

<IfModule mod_php7.c>
    Define PHP_ENABLED
</IfModule>
<IfDefine !PHP_ENABLED>
    Require all denied
</IfDefine>
<IfDefine PHP_ENABLED>
    php_value expose_php    Off
</IfDefine>

It just dies with 403 Forbidden. I suppose it's because it does not detect mod_php7, or maybe the module has another name?

What's even worse is that I have set ErrorDocument 403 in the same file (in docroot - before the php-check) - but this is also ignored - in the case stated above.

more info:
If I omit these directives above the output of die(php_version()); from within PHP yields: 7.0.27-1~dotdeb+8.1

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Answer 1

The Directive Define is not allowed in a htaccess context. (see https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#define).

So perhaps you can defined the <IfModule .. part in the server context.