.php文件下载而不是执行

Question

I am brand new to Apache and PHP.

I created a helloworld.php file and when I run it, the file downloads and the command is never executed.

I use Ubuntu 16.04 with Apache 2 and PHP 7.1 .

I tried completely reinstalling everything and also editing the apache2.conf file with this :

<FilesMatch \.php$>
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

But this did not work.

I tried installing LAMP from : https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-16-04

But during the last step, I created an info.php file with these lines of code :

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

And the above lines were displayed as it is.

I tried finding the solution, but most of them mention a httpd.conf file, which I am not able to find anywhere.

I know this question has been asked multiple times before, but I didn't find a satisfactory solution.

Answer 1

Seems like apache PHP module is not installed. First of all install apache php module from following command:

sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php

And then enable the module with following command:

sudo a2enmod php7.0