Apache shows PHP code instead of executing it

Question

I have recently been trying to install PHP and Apache on my computer. After many hours, they\'re installed. I have modified the httpd.conf and php.ini files like everyone sa

Answer 1

This was happening to me also when running $_POST in MAMP. All of my .ini and httpd files were all set up correctly. If you are doing form handling and you have an html document and posting the info to a php formhandler running $POST, make sure that you are running the html file from localhost via your server, and not just locally.

This was a shortcut I did to run html documents, by just clicking the html file in my directory and launching in my web browser, when in reality to check if php is being processed in your form, you must run your html through your servers. A very simple protocol that I overlooked.

Example:

Wrong: file:///Applications/MAMP/htdocs/form/form.html

Right: http://localhost:your port number/form/form.html

Now the php should be processed once you click your submit button

Answer 2

This solution worked for me. I purged apache2 and reinstall. It happened after purge and install. If it is the first install, you would not face this problem.

Answer 3

For PHP 7 (May apply to previous versions as well), but I had to do this:

Add this to the bottom of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

<FilesMatch \.php$>
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

Run this from the terminal:

sudo a2dismod mpm_event && sudo a2enmod mpm_prefork && sudo a2enmod php7

Then don't forget to restart Apache so it knows you changed stuff:

sudo service apache2 restart

This is a summary from: https://www.atlantic.net/community/howto/try-php7-lamp-ubuntu-14-04/

Answer 4

Thanks to others on this thread for their suggestions. Following the steps mentioned I found that the apache server was not able to start reporting a syntax error in a load file in /etc/apache2/mods-enabled. Turns out that both php7.0 and php7.1 were enabled.

a2dismod php7.0
systemctl restart apache2

and php is rendered correctly again.

Answer 5

Apache shows php code instead of executing Issue fixed

1. Opened php5.6 conf or php7.x conf

# following command:

$ sudo vi /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.6.conf

2. Commented following lines

3. Restarted the server

$ sudo service apache2 restart

4 Enjoy :)

Answer 6

Posting what worked for me in case in helps someone down the road, though it is an unusual case.

I had set a handler to force my web host to use a higher version of php than their default. There's was 5.1, but I wanted 5.6 so I had this:

<FilesMatch \.php$>
    SetHandler php56-cgi
</FilesMatch>

in my .htaccess file.

When trying to run my site locally, having that in there caused php code to be output to the browser. Removing it solved the problem.