LAMP server installaion failed.. localhost does not list directories like codeigniter when copied in var/www/html/

Question

i have checked if apache , mysql and php are installed in ubuntu 14.04 using aptitude and all are installed.

but when (file is saved as info.php)

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

the above file is saved in var/www/html directory and when trying to access files from broswer using url localhost/info.php it shows like

what's the issue? any help?

Answer 1

You need this:

apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5
sudo a2enmod php5
sudo service apache2 restart

Or (if you already have those installed)

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

in apache's config file

Answer 2

In addition to Alex Tartan's answer you will also need:

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

Within your php5.conf

This is so instead of serving up an index.html file etc. it will serve up an index.php file.