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

After updating PHP to 7.3, PHP scripts where run with www-data instead of $USER like before.

I needed to reinstall and activate PHP-FPM :

sudo apt-get install php-fpm
sudo a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif
sudo service apache2 restart
sudo a2enconf php7.3-fpm
sudo service apache2 restart

To ensure everything was ok for Virtualmin, i used the Re-Check Configuration wizard /virtual-server/check.cgi, under Vitualmin/System Settings.

After that, Apache/PHP was downloading php files instead of running them. So i needed to edit /etc/apache2/mods-available/php7.3.conf to comment the row SetHandler application/x-httpd-php like below :

#    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php

After restarting Apache, it solved my issue, hope this help.

Take care of browser cache too.

My system :

Ubuntu          16.04.6 LTS
Webmin version      1.932
Usermin version     1.780
Virtualmin version  6.08
Apache version      2.4.41
PHP versions        7.3.12
PHP-FPM         7.3.12 Server