CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phpapacheubuntu-12.04
user226555
user226555

Reputation:

apache2.4 build not finding php5.3

I am setting up a test server before upgrading an elderly version of mediawiki on a production server. I am trying to duplicate what will be on the production server - apache2.4 and php5.3.

When I try to access any php file, the server displays it as text rather than running it.

This is all running on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. The apache package available is version 2.2, so I can't simply apt-get.

I have built apache 2.4 from source, and it correctly serves an index.html from my designated DocumentRoot.

In httpd.conf, I have added:

DocumentRoot = /var/www
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
<filesMatch>"\.php$:"
   SetHandler application/x-httpd-php .php
</filesMatch>

I have installed php5.3, and it is working - I can run phpinfo.php from a command line.

In /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini I have (error displays are for testing only):

engine = On
display_errors = On 
display_startup_errors = On 
doc_root = /var/www

I am not able to find a reference to a mod_php of any sort either in the httpd.conf or in the directory in which httpd is installed (/usr/local/apache2).

Some of the references on the web mention "modules-available" and "modules-enabled" but these appear to be a convenience added by Debian, and are not part of the apache source build.

What am I missing? I'm sure it's something simple.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1570

Answers (2)

user226555
user226555

Reputation:

After searching and using packages from several repositories for both apache and php, and trying to build either or both from source, I determined that there did not seem to be a libphp5.so that was compatible with apache 2.4. In any case, I didn't find it.

I reconfigured everything to use php as cgi rather than as a module, and got things working that way, which was enough for my intended purpose.

Upvotes: 1

user4035
user4035

Reputation: 23749

You need to load php module in httpd.conf:

On my Linux Slackware I have this in /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf

LoadModule php5_module lib/httpd/modules/libphp5.so

# Tell Apache to feed all *.php files through PHP.  If you'd like to
# parse PHP embedded in files with different extensions, comment out
# these lines and see the example below.
<FilesMatch \.php$>
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

And in /etc/httpd/httpd.conf:

# php
Include /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf

Upvotes: 0

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