Apache Handlers provide you with a way to set specific server side (apache) handlers to be used with certain files with specific extensions.

Apache Handlers control how files with a given extension (such as .shtml or .cgi) are to be handled on the server.

This is similar to creating a special .htaccess file for your site.

How it works:

Advanced users can create their own extensions or modify the behavior of existing extensions, such as allowing .html files to become server-parsed as with .shtml files.