Is it possible in CiviCRM to change extension of cached php files from .php to something else (e.g. .php_ or .txt)? Our host (WPEngine) does not allow guest users to write to php files on production environment.
We run cron by calling the cron URL from another server using curl, but scheduled reminder emails fail because CiviCRM can't write .php files as guest user (more info: Scheduled Reminder Email is Empty).
I ran into this as well. The issue is caused by the CachedCiviContainer cache -- which will write a .php file.
A workaround for this is to set the following constant in the civicrm.settings.php file:
define('CIVICRM_CONTAINER_CACHE', 'never');
Not ideal, as it disables the container cache altogether. But it avoids these issues.
Since CiviCRM is software, yes, in theory it could be changed to work differently. The question is always who is going to do that work?
You could start the ball rolling by identifying where in the code .php files are being generated, and suggest an alternative way of doing it.
