php files do not load in the browser, but are downloaded. I have read through many solutions to this problem on both serverfault.com and stackoverflow. (Many of the posts are several years old with older versions of Apache and php, and some of the config files and their locations have changed.) I've found a common set of solutions to the problem, but none of them have worked for me. The following links contain examples of the suggestions I have tried that didn't solve my problem.
apache2 on ubuntu - php files downloading
Apache shows PHP code instead of executing it
https://serverfault.com/questions/25227/why-is-php-script-downloaded-instead-of-executed
https://serverfault.com/questions/286882/apache-is-not-interpreting-php-files
I installed apache2. If I go to "localhost" in my browser, it serves up the "Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page". I installed php. "php7.4.conf" and "php7.4.load" appears in both /etc/apache2/mods-available and /etc/apache2/mods-enabled. I verify that php is enabled with sudo a2enmod php7.4, which gives
Considering conflict mpm_event for mpm_prefork:
Considering conflict mpm_worker for mpm_prefork:
Module mpm_prefork already enabled
Considering conflict php5 for php7.4:
Module php7.4 already enabled
Based off multiple replies in different questions, I have ended up with the following in my /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file (note this is not the entire file):
Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
# Use for PHP 7.x:
LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.4.so
AddHandler php7-script php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .phps
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
# Add index.php to your DirectoryIndex line:
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
Notes: I have verified that the apache2.conf file is being executed, by adding a bad line to the file and attempting to restart apache, which resulted in an error. libphp7.4.so is located in /usr/lib/apache2/modules.
And my /etc/apache2/mods-available/php7.4.conf and /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php7.4.conf files look like this:
<FilesMatch ".+\.ph(ar|p|tml)$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch ".+\.phps$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source
# # Deny access to raw php sources by default
# # To re-enable it's recommended to enable access to the files
# # only in specific virtual host or directory
# Require all denied
</FilesMatch>
# Deny access to files without filename (e.g. '.php')
<FilesMatch "^\.ph(ar|p|ps|tml)$">
# Require all denied
</FilesMatch>
# Running PHP scripts in user directories is disabled by default
#
# To re-enable PHP in user directories comment the following lines
# (from <IfModule ...> to </IfModule>.) Do NOT set it to On as it
# prevents .htaccess files from disabling it.
# <IfModule mod_userdir.c>
# <Directory /home/*/public_html>
# php_admin_flag engine Off
# </Directory>
# </IfModule>
After every change I have made, I have restarted apache with sudo service apache2 restart. I do a test and still php files are downloaded. I'm using a simple php file called verify.php, which contains the following:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
I've never worked with these things before so I could be missing something obvious? For some additional context, I'm working on a school project where I plan to use a php page to query a database and generate a table with the results.
In my case of similar hardship:
I do not need those statements in apache2.conf:List item
I have similar content in my /etc/apache2/mods-available/php7.4.conf and /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php7.4.conf
I ran:
sudo a2dismod mpm_event && sudo a2enmod mpm_prefork && sudo a2enmod php7.4
However what got me to work is a misspelled 'php' as 'phd' (in SetHandler application/x-httpd-php of etc/apache2.conf):
<FilesMatch \.php$>
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
I think that is the only needed command to call PHP as handler.
p.s. I have more than one instance of messed up config files.. i haven't found a good control template for all those linux configuration process. (this time the install was started by somebody, i took over the second part)
(This section contains notes and hints specific to Apache 2.x installs of PHP on Unix systems.
https://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache2.php)
I installed php7.1 using brew install php71 --with-httpd24 and unlinked httpd24. I got working version of php7.1 together with libphp7.so.
php7.1 running
But when I add LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/opt/php71/libexec/apache2/libphp7.so to httpd.conf file, php files stop working. When I uncommented back LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so everything works fine. Any Idea?
PS.OS Version: 10.12.2
[Ubuntu 16.04] - Check next file: /etc/apache2/mods-available/php7.1.load
LoadModule php7_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp7.1.so
I've been using system apache and updated php using brew and got stuck there. After I've been following every steps in https://getgrav.org/blog/macos-sierra-apache-multiple-php-versions and shifted to brew apache, it works like a charm.
I had the same problem and this solved:
You've followed the instructions from brew info php#7.1:
==> Caveats
To enable PHP in Apache add the following to httpd.conf and restart Apache:
LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/opt/php#7.1/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
<FilesMatch \.php$>
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
Finally, check DirectoryIndex includes index.php
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
You restarted Apache via sudo apachectl restart.
You can check de original post here https://stackoverflow.com/a/44978996
I'm trying to execute some PHP code on a project (using Dreamweaver) but the code isn't being run.
When I check the source code, the PHP code appears as HTML tags (I can see it in the source code). Apache is running properly (I'm working with XAMPP), the PHP pages are being opened properly but the PHP code isn't being executed.
Does someone have a suggestion about what is happening?
Note: The file is already named as filename.php
Edit:
The Code..:
<?
include_once("/code/configs.php");
?>
Sounds like there is something wrong with your configuration, here are a few things you can check:
Make sure that PHP is installed and running correctly. This may sound silly, but you never know. An easy way to check is to run php -v from a command line and see if returns version information or any errors.
Make sure that the PHP module is listed and uncommented inside of your Apache's httpd.conf This should be something like LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll" in the file. Search for LoadModule php, and make sure that there is no comment (;) in front of it.
Make sure that Apache's httpd.conf file has the PHP MIME type in it. This should be something like AddType application/x-httpd-php .php. This tells Apache to run .php files as PHP. Search for AddType, and then make sure there is an entry for PHP, and that it is uncommented.
Make sure your file has the .php extension on it, or whichever extension specified in the MIME definition in point #3, otherwise it will not be executed as PHP.
Make sure you are not using short tags in the PHP file (<?), these are not enabled on all servers by default and their use is discouraged. Use <?php instead (or enable short tags in your php.ini with short_open_tag=On if you have code that relies on them).
Make sure you are accessing your file over your webserver using an URL like http://localhost/file.php not via local file access file://localhost/www/file.php
And lastly check the PHP manual for further setup tips.
php7 :
sudo a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif
sudo a2enconf php7.0-fpm
sudo service apache2 restart
I'm running Apache on Ubuntu and my issue was that the /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.conf file was missing this:
<FilesMatch ".+\.ph(p[345]?|t|tml)$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
I added it back in and php was parsing php files correctly.
note for php 7 users, add this to your httpd.conf file:
# PHP 7 specific configuration
<IfModule php7_module>
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
I found another problem causing this issue and already solved it. I accidentally saved my script in UTF-16 encoding. It seems that PHP5 can't recognize <?php tag in 16 bit encoding by default.
You're just opening your php file into browser. You have to open it using localhost url. if you open a file directly from your directory it will not execute the php code in any case.
use: http://locahost/index.php or http:127.0.0.1/index.php
Enable php short code. In your case, you are using <? which is php short code for <?php. By default php short codes are disabled.
Also use: sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt if you are a ubuntu user.
I'm posting this answer because my Virtualmin/Webmin admin interface decided it was a good idea to disable my PHP engine.. took me a while to find the solution, so I thought I'd share it with you guys:
Also, be sure to check that none of your website config files related to this specific host or virtualhost have any php_admin_value's in them that turn off PHP, like this:
php_admin_value engine Off
When in doubt, comment it...
# php_admin_value engine Off
And restart your webserver.
This just happened to me again, along with the server downloading html files, rather than processing. I had not use the webserver apache for some time on the computer and meanwhile Ubuntu updated like two more versions from originally installed LTS. Now it is
$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
So the php worked after like so:
$ sudo apt-get install lamp-server^
$ sudo a2enmod php7.0
$ sudo service apache2 restart
The webserver was now parsing the php. Maybe now got to update some webs since php7.0 now running where as it was before running php5. Oh well.
I know it should sound silly... but seldom it happens.
Check if you are trying to execute php from
**http://localhost/info.php**
and not from
file:///var/www/info.php
ps> you can notice that if you write from shell
php info.php
it answer with the code (it means php functions)..
I've solved this by uninstalling XAMPP, and installing WAMP.
Thanks for the help.
In case we are in the same page do following
sudo apt-get install php -y
sudo apt-get install php-{bcmath,bz2,intl,gd,mbstring,mysql,zip,fpm} -y
To enable PHP 7.2 FPM in Apache2 do:
a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif
a2enconf php7.2-fpm
update 2: Apache downloads .php file instead of rendering
After that, I faced above issue. There are similar questions like this.
I don't know why but it only happened for my .php files in /var/www/html/ root folder. everything was ok for sub-directories. (for example wordpress and phpmyadmin worked fine)
So here is my solution. I decided to enable php module. so I ran this command:
a2enmod php7.2
but I got this errors:
Considering dependency mpm_prefork for php7.2:
Considering conflict mpm_event for mpm_prefork:
ERROR: Module mpm_event is enabled - cannot proceed due to conflicts. It needs to be disabled first!
Considering conflict mpm_worker for mpm_prefork:
ERROR: Could not enable dependency mpm_prefork for php7.2, aborting
so I decided to disable mpm by running following commands:
sudo a2dismod mpm_prefork
sudo a2dismod mpm_worker
sudo a2dismod mpm_event
then restart apache:
systemctl restart apache2
then enable php7.2 (my installed version):
sudo a2enmod php7.2
and right now everything works fine.
I faced this issue on php 7.1 that comes with High Sierra (OS X 10.13.5), editing /etc/apache2/httpd.conf with following changes helped:
Uncomment this line
LoadModule php7_module libexec/apache2/libphp7.so
Paste following at the end
<IfModule php7_module>
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
on my ubuntu 14.04, apache 2.4, php 5.5.9 install, I tried with a sample.php on /var/www/html (default document root) and it worked ok.
So the problem was on my Virtual Servers config.
The solution was to include, on the Directory def containing the .php, this line:
php_admin_flag engine on
Make sure the script contains
<?php
before the code that should be executed. There should be no space between <? and php in this.
Another possible cause of this problem could be that you are trying to run the script in a "user directory" from the UserDir module. Running PHP scripts in user directories is disabled by default. You will run into this problem if the script is in the public_html directory in your home folder and you are trying to access it from http://localhost/~your_username.
To fix this, open up /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php7.2.conf. You must comment or delete the tag block at the bottom that reads
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
<Directory /home/*/public_html>
php_admin_flag engine Off
</Directory>
</IfModule>
i had similar problem but in my case solution was different.
my file that held php code was called "somename.html"
changed it to "somename.php" worked fine
For fresh setup of LAMP running php 7
edit the file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Note: make sure to make backup for it before changing anything.
Paste this at the very bottom of the file:
<IfModule php7_module>
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
</IfModule>
Then, search for LoadModule and paste the following line:
LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so
This line will simply ask httpd to load the php 7 module
Then restart httpd
Check all the packages you have installed for php using:
yum list installed | grep remi
Install all relevant php packages, especially php-devel on your machine.
Add AddType application/x-httpd-php .php to your httpd.conf file if you are using Apache 2.4
In my case the php module was not loaded. Try this:
Check which modules are loaded: apache2ctl -M. Look for module like php7_module (shared)
If no php module is listed, then try to load the module that corresponds to your php version. In my case the php packet is libapache2-mod-php7.3. So I did: a2enmod php7.3 and the problem was solved.
Easiest way to install Apache + php7 tested using Debian 10:
apt-get update -y
apt-get install apache2 php7.0 libapache2-mod-php -y
sudo service apache2 restart
This was in my .htaccess
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm
index.html contained PHP code. By default, PHP won't process files with extentions like htm* as PHP code.
You can override this, by adding the following to .htaccess:
<FilesMatch ".+\.html$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
If you have configuration like this:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
DocumentRoot "/var/www/example.com"
<FilesMatch "\.php$">
SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000"
</FilesMatch>
</VirtualHost>
Uncomment next lines in your httpd.conf
LoadModule proxy_module lib/httpd/modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_fcgi_module lib/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_fcgi.so
It works for me
Try restarting the apache server. This was the mistake I had made - forgetting to restart the server after installing php!
service httpd restart
For php7.3.* you could try to install these modules. It worked for me.
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php7.3
sudo service apache2 restart
I think the problem that it is showing code instead of the result is that it is not going to local host . recheck what address u r going in. are u going to a local file directory or to the local host.
from the screenshot u sent it is going to ur computer not to the localhost.
"file:/// " it should be "localhost/"
Reinstalling the mcrypt module worked for me.
$sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt
$sudo php5enmod mcrypt
I had a case that I accidentally started untaring my files directory in root. It added the .htaccess file from my files folder that would block all php
# If we know how to do it safely, disable the PHP engine entirely.
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_flag engine off
</IfModule>
Bottom line check the .htaccess file on root.
Just spent hours of trying to get PHP 5 to run with Apache 2.4 on Windows 10. Finally for me it was a typo in httpd.conf LoadModule. Drew attention to writing and exact module path through the last answer in this apachelounge thread of denny2018. Thank you!
After two nights I discovered... My directory was written c: (lower case)
I had LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll" but correct for apache 2.4 is:
LoadModule php5_module "C:/php/php5apache2_4.dll"
So I also missed the _4 before (for apache 2.4). The full snippet that worked for me:
# PHP
LoadModule php5_module "C:/php/php5apache2_4.dll"
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php
<FilesMatch \.php$>
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
Just tried PHP 7. There the LoadModule line in httpd.conf for Apache 2.4 reads
LoadModule php7_module "C:/php/php7apache2_4.dll"
Currently php manual shows up c:/php/php5apache2.dll which of course needs to be adjusted.
in my case (Apache/2.4.34),
after uncommenting the specific module
"LoadModule php7_module libexec/apache2/libphp7.so"
from
"/etc/apache2/httpd.conf"
my problem was gone.
Installed PHP like this:
wget http://in1.php.net/distributions/php-5.3.28.tar.bz2
tar -xvf php-5.3.28.tar.bz2
cd php-5.3.28
./configure
make
make install
Installed Apache2 like this:
sudo apt-get install apache2
So, how do I now link Apache to PHP?
PS - I know I can install PHP as a module which will be 100x easier, but I want to know how to link exactly these two in this way.
Thanks.
Edit your httpd.conf to load the PHP module. The path on the right hand side of the LoadModule statement must point to the path of the PHP module on your system. The make install from above may have already added this for you, but be sure to check.
LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so
Tell Apache to parse certain extensions as PHP. For example, let's have Apache parse .php files as PHP. Instead of only using the Apache AddType directive, we want to avoid potentially dangerous uploads and created files such as exploit.php.jpg from being executed as PHP. Using this example, you could have any extension(s) parse as PHP by simply adding them. We'll add .php to demonstrate.
<FilesMatch \.php$>
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
Or, if we wanted to allow .php, .php2, .php3, .php4, .php5, .php6, and .phtml files to be executed as PHP, but nothing else, we'd use this:
<FilesMatch "\.ph(p[2-6]?|tml)$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
And to allow .phps files to be handled by the php source filter, and displayed as syntax-highlighted source code, use this:
<FilesMatch "\.phps$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source
</FilesMatch>
And restart Apache
service httpd restart
You can read how do that in the php documentation
http://php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache2.php
http://php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache2.php#92797
Can you help me with the following problem? I have Eclipse Helios configured with xdebug under Ubuntu. When I start to debug a given page everything seems fine, I can attach to the break point I want, but the problem comes when I tray to step over/into, Firefox (my default browser for debugging) prompt me to "save as" the php page.
Have you checked to ensure that PHP, Apache and MySQL are running?
If they aren't running then you will not be able to run a PHP script.
I think the command in ubuntu (if not running on LAMPP) is "sudo apachectl start" to start apache/php
Then you can put your scripts in /var/www/html/
If you are running LAMPP (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html) then you can probably "sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start" to boot everything up.
Then install your scripts to /opt/lampp/htdocs/
After you've done all of that, you should be able to run it.
I assume you're using Apache as your webserver. If so, it seems that Apache doesn't know how to handle *.php files.
Have you added:
# Required modules: dir_module, php5_module
<IfModule dir_module>
<IfModule php5_module>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
<FilesMatch "\.php$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch "\.phps$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
to your apache configuration file? This should do the trick.