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Error 500 .htaccess: php_value not allowed here

Q: Aside from Java application I use php and after installing my php application I get these error in log and my website shows error 500:
.htaccess: php_value not allowed here
.htaccess: php_flag not allowed here

A: By default php - as installed by cPanel - is set to suPHP so php_value and php_flag commands are not allowed in .htaccess
and will result in the above error messages in webserver log.

In case of suPHP you need to:
1. remove all remove php_value and php_flag from your .htaccess files (also rom subdirectories of public_html)
2. in public_html/.htaccess add the following (replace USERNAME with your user name):

suPHP_ConfigPath /home/USERNAME/public_html
<Files php.ini>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>

3. copy system-wide php.ini to your public_html:

cp /usr/local/lib/php.ini ~/public_html

4. add your custom php settings to your public_html/php.ini for example:

register_globals = Off
post_max_size = 10M
upload_max_filesize = 10M