What is the difference between AddHandler and AddType in htaccess files

Question

Can someone explain what the difference is between AddType and AddHandler in htaccess files? I want to make the settings such that I can have a javascript file (.js) be run through the server as though it were a php file (application/x-httpd-php5) but then sent to the user's browser as a (text/javascript) file. How might i configure this?

Answer 1

AddHandler http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler tells the server how to handle the file type. AddType http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_mime.html#addtype tells the server what MIME type to give the client.