Re: Apache2 confused by index.php after Lenny upgrade

[Jeff D <fixedored@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Kent West wrote:

> I'm ignorant when it comes to Apache/php, etc.
>
> I had a working etch server with Apache2 and PHP5, but after the upgrade to
> Lenny, whenever I point my web browser to a simple index.php file:
> the web browser opens a dialog window asking what I want to do with the
> index.php file.
>
> I'm unsure how to go about troubleshooting this.
>
> westk[@]goshen]:/etc/apache2:> ls mods-enabled/
> alias.conf          authz_user.load  include.load     ssl.conf
> alias.load          autoindex.conf   mime.conf     ssl.load
> auth_basic.load       autoindex.load   mime.load     status.conf
> authn_file.load       cgi.load           negotiation.conf  status.load
> authz_default.load    dir.conf           negotiation.load
> authz_groupfile.load  dir.load           setenvif.conf
> authz_host.load       env.load           setenvif.load
>
> (I'm thinking maybe there's supposed to be a php5.conf or something in the
> above directory? If so, where do I get it?)
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
>

to enable the php5 confs you can run:
sudo a2enmod php5

then reload apache and it should start serving your php files.

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