PHP – Fix PHP Code Returned Instead of Executed

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I have L-Ubuntu 11.04. I've installed Apache2 and I'm trying to simulate a server on my local file system by navigating to localhost in the browser.

The problem is that I can't seem to get php to execute when on localhost. The PHP code is simply printed in the browser (instead of being executed and the result being printed).

libapache2-mod-php5 is installed and the latest version.
The Apache module php5 is enabled.

How can I get PHP to run on localhost?

Best Answer

The configuration file /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.conf controls which files Apache recognizes as php scripts (based on their extensions).

Be default (in PHP 5.3.2), the file contains the following code:

<FilesMatch "\.ph(p3?|tml)$">
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

This affects files with the following extensions:

.php
.php3
.phtml

From our discussion in chat, I know that your files have a html extension. The server was configured to treat .html files as php files, but your home computer is not. That leaves you with two options:

Rename your .html files that contain php code to one of the above extensions.
Replace the line
```
<FilesMatch "\.ph(p3?|tml)$">
```
in your php5.conf by
```
<FilesMatch "\.(ph(p3?|tml)|html?)$">
```
and reload apache by executing the following command:
```
sudo service apache2 reload
```
In addition to the previously mentioned extensions, the new configuration also affects:
- .htm
- .html

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If apache is rendering as text your php file, then apache is not configured to use php.

You need to find your httpd.conf file. Unfortuneately, different installs put this in different locations. Start looking in /etc/httpd directory structure. Other places might be /usr/local/etc/httpd. For the below, I'm going to assume /etc/httpd.

When you find httpd.conf, look for ServerRoot. This may be /etc/httpd. There should be a "modules" directory or symbolic link to a directory.

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