Can I successfully configure Apache/PHP to respond to this request?
Yes. Just use the MultiviewsMatch
directive to tell Apache that it can serve .php
files regardless of whether their MIME type is compatible with the Accept
header:
<Files "*.php">
MultiviewsMatch Any
</Files>
From the docs, the effect is as follows:
You may finally allow
Any
extensions to match, even ifmod_mime
doesn't recognize the extension.