PHP not working on apache2 server

Question

I have an apache2 server running with all these installed: apache2 php5 php5-gd php-xml-parser php5-intl php5-sqlite php5-mysql smbclient curl libcurl3 php5-curl

I have created a file test.php:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

On the server, when opened the web page all that appears is the actual php code, when it should look like this:

What is the problem I have looked at the apache logs but nothing looks odd.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Since you're using apache, you need libapache2-mod-php5 to make PHP available to the webserver.

On a debian/ubuntu system, it's generally easiest to use tasksel and select LAMP from there.

Answer 2

When I have had that problem starting fresh, this has been what I forgot. Create the file .htaccess in the website root (same as phpinfo.php) with the following contents.

#allows these file types to be read and displayed
AddType application/x-httpd-php php php4 php3 html htm

Answer 3

Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) Stacks are pretty simple to setup. Can you maybe link the tutorial you used, so we can see if there are any steps missing?

I would normally use one of these to setup a stack:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu

http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/lamp-linux-apache-mysql-php-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/

http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/ is rock solid, with loads of theory.

Things that will help us help you:

• What OS?
• What Distro?

This normally happens to me if I missed a step in installation.