title: AddType in htaccess causes either download or HTTP ERROR 500
body: <p>Currently using "AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php56 .php" in my htaccess file in the root of the domain since that is the only thing that works.</p>
  
  <p>If I try to switch to php7, the page either tries to download or it gets the HTTP ERROR 500. </p>
  
  <p>The following downloads the page:</p>
  
  <pre><code>AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php7 .php
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The following gives me 500 error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php71 .php
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Downloads the page:</p>
  
  <pre><code>AddHandler x-httpd-php7 .php
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>500 error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;IfModule mime_module&gt;
    AddType application/x-httpd-ea-php72 .php .php7 .phtml .htm .html
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>500 error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;IfModule mime_module&gt;
    AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php73 .php .php7 .phtml
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>downloads the page:</p>
  
  <pre><code>AddHandler application/x-httpd-php7 .php .html .htm .phtml .shtml
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>etc</p>
  
  <p>In subdirectories, I can use the following just fine:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;IfModule mime_module&gt;
    AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php73 .php .php7 .phtml
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Try to use that in the root .htaccess file...poof no cookie. </p>
  
  <p>If I add AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php56 .php back in, it works fine again. </p>
  
  <p>I have also tried other some other methods I found searching around. Has anyone else had this issue? The host is Bluehost.</p>
  
  <p>The only other things semi-related that I have in the root htaccess file is the following, but I have tried removing it as well with no change to the results: </p>
  
  <pre><code>AddHandler server-parsed .html
  AddHandler server-parsed .htm
  </code></pre>