Apache is downloading php files instead of displaying them

Question

OS and server information:

• CentOS 6.4 (Final)
• Apache 2.2.15
• PHP 5.5.1

I previously had php 5.3.x installed but decided to upgr

Answer 1

This might be happening due to the missing modules required for your php. Assuming you have php7 installed, search available php7 modules using

sudo apt-cache search php7-*

Above command will list all available PHP7 modules for installation. You can begin installation of modules like,

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mysql php7.0-curl php7.0-json