How do I upload simple script correctly on app engine?

Question

I am using gcp app engine (for the first time), I am used to only normal servers. I have a php script that have 2 files (1-index.php 2- action.php ). I created a app.yaml according to gcp :

runtime: php72 # Replace with php73 to use the PHP 7.3 runtime

handlers:
# Serve a directory as a static resource.
- url: /.*
  script: auto
- url: /action.php
  script: auto

When I deployed the app the 3 files were uploaded the 2 php and app.yaml. I can access the index file but when i wanna access action.php it shows index content. What am I doing wrong ?

Answer 1

The order of the handlers in the app.yaml matters - the first pattern match wins.

Your first pattern is the catch-all - url: /.* - it will match anything so that handler will get every request.

Swap your handlers' order.