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dukevin
Asked: 2011-03-05 14:29:16 +0800 CST

Getting PHP to work with apache to run .php files through browser

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I have VPS running Debian 5.0 (I think) and I would like to get it to run PHP files. I was told it needed to be configured with Apache. I tried entering the command apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5. But there was no change. Console output: http://pastebin.com/sVMWq6mA

This is everything in my /etc/apache2/mods-enabled: http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6474/modsb.jpg

My webserver can be accessed here: http://206.217.223.136/test/ In my test.php file I have the code :

<?php
 phpinfo();
?>

but instead of displaying the page, it tries to download it. How can I fix this?

php apache-2.2

3 Answers

  1. Try this: 

    apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5
apache2ctl graceful

    EDIT: some explaining

    Installing just the php5 package does not give Apache any modules. Installing the libapache2-mod-php5 package installs the php5 module to Apache and should enable it by default.

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  2. Best Answer

    Have you tried "a2enmod php" or "a2enmod php5" on your console to enable the php module?

    Your command line is correct and it seems that everything is installed correct.

    Edit: I have looked its

    a2enmod php5
apache2ctl restart

    Edit2: Ok i have looked on the server for the problem. There were different problems with the apt-get installer. Then were httpd running on port 80 so apache2 could'nt start on the port and the test.php file was not in a correct file encoding this was the main problem. After checking all of them and create a new file with vi it was running.

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  3. Check your httpd.conf file and ensure you have a line like this:

    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

    Also ensure that you have loaded your php module:

    LoadModule php5_module *path to your php module*/libphp5.so

    This is the way I have configured it on my web servers.

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