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1. Is there a way to just temporarily disable PHP on my server? I tried removing php from apache mods-enabled but Wordpress still is able to serve pages somehow. Not sure if that's the caching system or how it's working.
2. What is the simplest thing I can put into an Apache conf directive, like a <Directory> or <VirtualHost>, to make the site fail to load with a clear, temporary message like a 503?
@conniptions I have never before heard of "php-fpm".
@mcc It's an alternative to mod_php that the people who built the WP installs I inherited liked to use. Faster and better under load, apparently; works with nginx as well. I have no idea what it does other than 'provide PHP to a web server'.
@conniptions Okay. I am using mod_php. However to my alarm disabling mod_php does not seem to disable php, and I don't know what to make of that.
I've always known that WordPress would destroy me one day.
Redirect 503 /
is the answer. thank you to catgirl
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@mcc Do you have something like php-fpm running? All the WP installs I look after do, so disabling PHP would involve shutting php-fpm down.