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

I had similar symptoms, yet another solution: in /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.conf there was a helpful advice in the comment, which I followed:

# To re-enable php in user directories comment the following lines
# (from <IfModule ...> to </IfModule>.) Do NOT set it to On as it
# prevents .htaccess files from disabling it.

Answer 2

I had this problem and if you actually never played with your server configuration settings, then your problem is 90% in your .htaccess file

You either modify .htaccess file LOCALLY, ore delete it (LOCALLY)

Answer 3

I have the same problem. Apache doesn't load php files from a certain website, just downloaded it. I read this post and the answers and I have seen I've got this line into the last place of the .htaccess file:

AddHandler x-mapp-php5.5  .php

I have commented it and everything works fine.

Thanks to all !!!

Answer 4

When i upgraded from PHP 7.2 to PHP 7.4, i also got same issue. Worked by doing following:-

1. In [domain].conf file, commented following:

   php_admin_value engine Off
   

   And Added:

   AddType  application/x-httpd-php-source  .phps
   AddType text/html .php
   

2. Disable mod 7.2 and enable 7.4 by following:

   a2dismod php7.2
   a2enmod php7.4
   

3. In /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php7.4.conf file, comment following:

   SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
   php_admin_flag engine Off
   

Answer 5

PHP56

vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

LoadModule php5_module        libexec/apache/libphp5.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

Answer 6

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 :

<FilesMatch ".+\.ph(ar|p|tml)$">
#    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

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