How to use PHP in RAILS application

Sometimes it is necessary to integrate PHP code into existing rails application. Using open source and time-tested PHPBB3 is a good example.

To do that, simply disable Passenger for the directory of your PHP application.

      Alias /forum /var/.../forum
      <Location /forum>
        # This allows PHP.
        PassengerEnabled off
        DirectoryIndex index.php 
        allow from all
        Options +Indexes
      </Location>

Enjoy!