I was using the <Files> ForceType method on my site and it just recently stopped working.
It cause a 404 even though the file exist. If I remove the lines from my .htaccess I can get the files (the browser just displays the code)
It doesn't make sense. It only seems to 404 when I have the mime type as application/x-httpd-php
If I change it to something else it works as you would expect for that mime type.
Here's a copy of the code I'm using:
<Files basstech>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>
can you try this?
if it's not working, you have to ask your provider because it seems they changed something.