Reverting my last patch because user reports it does not help

solve the problem. (bug #23504)

sapi/apache/mod_php5.c

@@ -534,11 +534,6 @@ static int send_php(request_rec *r, int display_source_mode, char *filename)
 	HashTable *per_dir_conf;
 	TSRMLS_FETCH();
 
-	per_dir_conf = (HashTable *) get_module_config(r->per_dir_config, &php5_module);
-	if (per_dir_conf) {
-		zend_hash_apply((HashTable *) per_dir_conf, (apply_func_t) php_apache_alter_ini_entries TSRMLS_CC);
-	}
-
 	if (AP(in_request)) {
 		zend_file_handle fh;
 
@@ -562,6 +557,11 @@ static int send_php(request_rec *r, int display_source_mode, char *filename)
 			return DECLINED;
 		}
 
+		per_dir_conf = (HashTable *) get_module_config(r->per_dir_config, &php5_module);
+		if (per_dir_conf) {
+			zend_hash_apply((HashTable *) per_dir_conf, (apply_func_t) php_apache_alter_ini_entries TSRMLS_CC);
+		}
+		
 		/* If PHP parser engine has been turned off with an "engine off"
 		 * directive, then decline to handle this request
 		 */