Apache Virtual Host not parsing PHP

Question

I decided to enable virtual hosts on my Apache server, and chose to make it port-based.

First thing I did, of course, was RTM. I followed the instructions found her

Answer 1

This could also be due to php files using short php tags <? instead of <?php. By default, short tags are not enabled in the php.ini config file.

Answer 2

I'll have to load up a centos vm to check the apache conf but on ubuntu I have a lot more info in my config under the virtualHost

    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
    <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
            AllowOverride None
            Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
            Order allow,deny
            Allow from all
    </Directory>

Answer 3

In my case it was a default setting in php.conf. It says:

# Running PHP scripts in user directories is disabled by default

Check your php.conf (for PHP 7.1 it's accordingly /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php7.1.conf) and comment the mentioned lines:

   root@zxxxx:/home/pxxx/public_html# vi /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.conf
   # 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.
       <IfModule mod_userdir.c>
        <Directory /home/*/public_html>
            ***php_admin_flag engine On*** -> Turn this option ON
        </Directory>
    </IfModule>

Answer 4

This helped my out a2enmod php5, if the module does not exist reinstall lamp-server by typing apt-get install lamp-server^

Answer 5

In my case, the problem was fixed by running the following command:

apt-get install libapache2-mod-php

Answer 6

For my configuration I had to add this line to the virtualhost (inside <Directory>):

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php