localhost downloading the *.php files instead of viewing it

Question

I have upgraded from PHP 5.3 to PHP 5.5 (Im running Ubuntu 12.04) By removing the PHP and re-install the 5.5 version and everything worked fine during the installation, now when i open my localhost and try to open any website on my localhost it doesn't execute index.php but it download the index.php as a text file. i restarted Apache2 and saw this posts

nginx localhost is downloading php files in browser, instead of serving them? and localhost doesn't execute php files after update to Maverick/Yosemite OS but it doesn't help.

Help would be appreciated,

Thanks.

Sounds like this is probably worth a look: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5121495/php-code-is-not-being-executed-i-can-see-it-on-source-code-of-page It sounds like Apache either doesn't have a PHP module enabled, or you've not instructed it to process .php files as PHP files. — Brian, Sep 03 '14 at 14:56
Is there any chance you are using old browser? never tried this, but it is hillarious. https://community.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?p=129871 — Hendyanto, Sep 03 '14 at 14:58
How did you uninstall/reinstall PHP? Did you use `apt-get` or any other manual process? — ToBe, Sep 03 '14 at 15:09
no im not using old browser, i did uninstall using purge and installed using sudo apt-get install php5 — Hamzeh, Sep 03 '14 at 15:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '20 at 07:17

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Try using different browser for opening php files. It was not working for me when I opened php files using Chrome. But the same worked in Firefox browser.

answered Mar 09 '20 at 07:17

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 03 '14 at 15:09

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You could try adding this to your conf or htaccess:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

or do a proper installation.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu

answered Sep 03 '14 at 15:09

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A better way would be to stick with Ubuntu's own way of adding modules. This would introduce trouble in the future... – ToBe Sep 03 '14 at 15:10
re-installation didnt work too . same problem exists – Hamzeh Sep 03 '14 at 15:35

Santa's helper · Answer 3 · 2014-09-03T15:06:09.743

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i think you should take a look at your php module in your apache2. As far as i know php runs as a module in apache so search your httpd.conf for loaded modules and look at your /var/log/apache/error.log or where ever your apache error log

edited Sep 03 '14 at 15:06

answered Sep 03 '14 at 15:00

Santa's helper

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my httpd.conf file is empty – Hamzeh Sep 03 '14 at 15:07

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 03 '14 at 15:06

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php is not correctly installed on your server otherwise it would have not downloaded the php file. On Ubuntu terminal try

php -v

under your

/etc/apche2/mods-enabled

see if you have php5.load in the current directory.

edited Sep 03 '14 at 15:06

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answered Sep 03 '14 at 15:04

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You should be able to install any missing module with `sudo a2enmod missingmodule` – ToBe Sep 03 '14 at 15:08
PHP 5.5.16-1+deb.sury.org~precise+1 (cli) (built: Aug 25 2014 10:23:59) Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP .... and i dont have php5.load file in that directory – Hamzeh Sep 03 '14 at 15:13
which guide did you follow to install LAMP ? – Khan Shahrukh Sep 03 '14 at 15:25
http://www.dev-metal.com/how-to-setup-latest-version-of-php-5-5-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/ – Hamzeh Sep 03 '14 at 15:33
this installed php 5.3 not php 5.5 – Hamzeh Sep 04 '14 at 06:06

localhost downloading the *.php files instead of viewing it

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