Tell SELinux to Give Apache Execute Access to PHP Files Outside Document Root

Question

I have a directory where shared PHP scripts are kept (the name is arbitrary, but it isn\'t /var/, /usr/, or anything that SELinux would have specific settings for):
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Answer 1

I use this with the executable programs I need to run from my PHP scripts and Apache

sudo chcon -v -t httpd_sys_script_exec_t my-executable

Answer 2

I found the solution with these two commands:

semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_script_exec_t '/whatever/scripts(/.*)?'
 
restorecon -R -v /whatever/scripts/

That allows Apache to execute PHP scripts in that directory, and persists after a reboot, or system-wide relabeling.