[ALUG] Problem getting Apache/Firefox to display PHP webpages

[Venura Mendis]

not really helpping fix the problem but just an interesting
observation. I installed phpmyadmin and mysql server using aptget, it
picked up apache2 as a dependency and seemed to confiigure everything
for me. I guess the difference is that you installed apache first.

On 7/27/07, mephi <matthew.j.green at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> At first glance, it looks like it's an Apache config problem.
>
> I googled for "apache php ubuntu" and it came up with this:
> http://www.cwassall.co.uk/pages/linux/ubuntu-server.html
>
> This makes it look like you've got to edit the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and
> the /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini files to properly 'link' php5 to apache.
>
> Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: main-bounces at lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-bounces at lists.alug.org.uk]
> On Behalf Of sagr
> Sent: 27 July 2007 21:26
> To: main at lists.alug.org.uk
> Subject: [ALUG] Problem getting Apache/Firefox to display PHP webpages
>
> Following the advice of some ALUGers in a previous thread I am in the
> process of upgrading our fileserver to Ubuntu 7.04.
>
> I have successfully installed Ubutu on it and then apt-get installed the
> modules "apache" and "php5-mysql".
>
> I have created a simple three line "hello world" PHP prog and saved it
> in /var/www as hello.php :
>
> root at wildebeest:/var/www# cat hello.php
> <?php
> echo "Hello World";
> ?>
>
> If I type the URL http://localhost/ into firefox I see the default
> apache index.html holding page as expected (so I know apache is
> running).  If however I type the URL http://localhost/hello.php a box
> pops up in Firefox saying:
>
> "You have chosen to open: hello.php
>  Which is a: PHP script
>  From: http://localhost
>  What should Firefox do with this file?
>  1. Open with gedit (default)
>  2. Save to disc."
>
> Why doesn't Firefox simply display hello.php as a webpage?  What am I
> doing wrong? Do I need to configure something in apache and/or Firefox
> to display php files as webpages?
>
> Any help welcome!
>
> Sagr.
>
>
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