apache and .php

[T31]

I have this problem i cant make my firefox or mozilla executes a .php creating a local website all the time try to download it and open it as a text file, ive been googling and asking in the irc channels but noone seems to be able to solve, should be a problem with httpd.conf, which i have 2 one in /etc/apache-perl and one in etc/apache2, should be this last one to modify by adding in the <ifModule mod_dir.c>
this:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4 .phtml
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

the point is there is not such section this is paste of my whole httpd.conf file in /etc/apache2

# This is here for backwards compatability reasons and to support
# installing 3rd party modules directly via apxs2, rather than
# through the /etc/apache2/mods-{available,enabled} mechanism.
#
#LoadModule mod_placeholder /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_placeholder.so

as u can see is nothing but a huge comment

please any idea how to help me

Thanks in advance

[rostved]

Where do you place the php file you want to parse and view in your browser?

The files must be under your document root - the default is /var/www. Other directories can be added by creating virtual hosts in /etc/apache2/sites-available. Otherwise php wont parse the files.

The Apache config file is /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Check that file for these lines:
Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.load
Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.conf

You should also have a file named php4.conf in /etc/apache2/mods-enabled containing these lines:
<IfModule mod_php4.c>
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml .php3
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
</IfModule>

[T31]

thx rostved

Ive been checking and I lack this php4.conf file, shoud I create a blank one and add the lines u gave me?

[rostved]

You're welcome

I've just noticed that /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php4.conf is just a link to the actual file in /etc/apache2/mods-available/

But if you lack the file, you've probably not installed the Apache PHP module, which is the package named libapache2-mod-php4. Installing this should setup PHP as a module for Apache. Just apt-get for it.

Maybe you should take a look at this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-17875.html

I hope this is helpful

[T31]

I already have that package in my system, I was reading that link but is for apache Im using apache 2

[jdonnell]

What folder are you saving your php file in?

What do you get when you run this command?

ls /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/

[T31]

I was saving in /var/www but I solved it at last doing this

/etc/apache2/mods-enabled # ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/php4.conf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php4.conf


etc/apache2/mods-enabled # ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/php4.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php4.load

/etc/apache2/mods-enabled # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart * Forcing reload of web server (Apache2)... [ ok ]

xD thx very much to all of you were helping me xD

[Nolgthorn]

I'm sorry but I have this same problem, I am saving in /var/www and how do I fix this? I didn't understand T31's solution. Thank you.

[Nolgthorn]

Just to be clear I did everything I read in this thread trying to fix this same problem. Then I went into Root terminal and inputted the above commands:

ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/php4.conf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php4.conf

ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/php4.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php4.load

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Which created the appropriate links I needed in mods-enabled then restarted the web server. But I still get the message popping up telling me it needs to know what to open the file as.

The strange thing is I've had this working before, but when I updated my apache2 version this started happening. My old install of phpmyadmin (which is linked to in /var/www) works! but none of my websites (which are also linked to in /var/www) do.



Please help!

[Nolgthorn]

hmm, nevermind! It fixed itself after about 20mins... damn that's annoying yet relieving. Too bad ONE of my websites still doesn't come up. it's got to be a cache problem but that doesn't seem to be fixing it. I'll turn off my computer and come back to it in the morning.

Thanks you guys (women) nevermind me. Carry on.