Tell Apache how to run the PHP application

Question

I'm trying to install PHP on my system separate to Apache, but don't want to go with a package like WAMP or xampp.

When I tried this previously the PHP application wasn't being executed by Apache and when viewing a PHP file in the browser, only showed the code instead of the rendered output like below:

<?php my php code ?>

How do I get Apache to know how to execute the PHP application so that when I load up PHP pages it displays the processed page and not the raw code?

Answer 1

Somewhere in httpd.conf there must be a line like that:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

Also somewhere else there is a line like:

LoadModule php5_module "E:/httpd/php5/php5apache2_2.dll"

So whenever apache is requested for a .php file, it does not just transfer the file to the client. Instead it tries to handle it somehow. Now, the php5_module has registered itself as a handler for application/x-httpd-php types. So, apache forwards the request to php5_module and returns the result of the process to the client.

Answer 2

You need to register PHP as the handler for .php files.

See the installation chapter in the PHP manual.

Answer 3

The following line in the apache config file will make sure that anything with ".php" is treated as such via the AddType declaration:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_mime.html#addtype

Answer 4

Apache decides which interpreter to use with the file extension.

Default configuration normally pass files ending in .php and .php3 to your php interpreter, but you can change that in the various configuration files of Apache.

Answer 5

See some links for you::
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/get-apache-2-and-php-4-working-together-in-windows/5034756
http://www.askapache.com/php/custom-phpini-tips-and-tricks.html

Answer 6

once upon time, i faced this, when i run my php application , app not executed, it simply

You need install mod_php (if you use apache).

You can download a package wich includes web-server and php. I suggest denwer - http://denwer.ru (translate it from russian via google translat), after downloading you need only install it.

And excuse me for my bad english.