One idea would be to remove the dollar sign. The AddHandler option takes the extension, not a regular expression or glob. So the correct line would be:

# With or without the leading dot, mod_mime doesn't care AddHandler fcgid-script .php 

Basically, the way its configured now, ts looking for a file that ends in the literal extension, .php$. Hope this helps!

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One idea would be to remove the dollar sign. The AddHandler option takes the extension, not a regular expression or glob. So the correct line would be in your original

# With or without the leading dot, mod_mime doesn't care AddHandler fcgid-script .php 

As to why its flagging html files as executable, I have no idea--there could be a flag somewhere setting it, perhaps in a default configuration. However, as a workaround, you can REMOVE the handler for .html files by using the following, so that they will be treated as normal text/html files.

RemoveHandler .html