# Rails is trying to parse PHP files

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-is-trying-to-parse-php-files/104663>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 21, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-is-trying-to-parse-php-files/104663 "2007-05-21T12:07:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![temesta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@temesta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/temesta)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-is-trying-to-parse-php-files/104663/1 "2007-05-21T12:07:33Z")

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Hello,

I’m having a PHP script in public/phpfiles. If I open this script, rails  
tries to parse it. How can I tell rails to exclude this directory? I  
guess this is quiet simple but I couldn’t find a solution.