Apache/PHP running but PHP not parsing

[locoHost]

When I enter http://localhost in FF, I see a list of files and at the bottom is this...


Apache/2.0.55 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.1.2 Server at localhost Port 80


This tells me Apache and PHP are both running. However my PHP files are not parsing. When I enter URL to an existing PHP file, it tries to start a download of that file. What does this mean?

Thanks for your help

[L0c0]

Hi,

In /etc/apache2/apache2.conf find the line that reads:

#AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

and uncomment it so it reads:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php


HTH,

L0c0

[locoHost]

L0c0 you're a genius!

That was your first post too. You're batting 1000!

Thank you!

[BigDaddyEBK]

This helped me a lot!

[lobo-tuerto]

Where would you put that line for Apache2 in Ubuntu 7.10?

Because that line doesn't exist in that file anymore

[scizzo]

Originally Posted by lobo-tuerto Where would you put that line for Apache2 in Ubuntu 7.10? Because that line doesn't exist in that file anymore

Do you really have the package:

libapache2-mod-php5

installed?

Since that should be pretty much all you need to get for it to run in apache2. After restarting the apache2 server that is.

[scizzo]

If you do have it installed:

Check in /etc/apache2/mods-available/ for the files php5.conf and php5.load

You can also check so that they are in the mods-enabled folder.

NOTE: php5.conf includes the AddType

[MJN]

Originally Posted by scizzo You can also check so that they are in the mods-enabled folder.

Not 'can', but must!

Modules are not enabled until they are symlinked from mods-enabled - merely existing in mods-available is insufficient (since that folder is not directly parsed).

Mathew

[lobo-tuerto]

Thanks guys, problem solved

[Gangles]

Hello,

I am having the same problem (php script not parsing in Firefox), but unfortunately the term "sym-linked" is a little over my head!

php5.conf and php5.load are present in both my mods-available and mods-enabled folders. Could I get a simple explanation as to what I should do next?

Regards