Disable PHP IIS 8.5

Question

Hello
I would like to stop PHP without uninstalling, just in case I need to turn it back on.
slowly decommissioning a IIS server and sites.

thanks

Answer 1

Hi @Efff dd

You could try disabling the php-cgi.exe service from startup services.

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Answer 2

@Efff dd

There are many ways can do it:

• You can directly stop the website where php is used, just click Stop from that panel, when you need to start again, just Start from there.

• Using Request Filtering module disable all requests to files with .php extension.

   <system.webServer>  
      <security>  
          <requestFiltering>  
              <fileExtensions>  
                  <add fileExtension=".php" allowed="false" />  
              </fileExtensions>  
          </requestFiltering>  
      </security>  
  </system.webServer>  
  

• Using URL Rewrite module create a rule to redirect to your own error page for all of such php requests.

      <rewrite>  
          <rules>  
              <clear />  
              <rule name="Show Our Error Page for PHP files" stopProcessing="true">  
                  <match url="^.*\.php$" />  
                  <action type="Rewrite" url="/404.php" />  
              </rule>  
          </rules>  
      </rewrite>  
  

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