Getting apache2-mod_php5 Working - some missing magic?

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#1

So, I am a bit baffled on what magic you need to do to get PHP working with Apace on Suse. This is normally extremely simple on CentOS, but I seem to be missing something here.

PHP is installed and php scripts run fine in cli mode - but Apache refuses to show them, it just opens the download popup - and does not actually parse the php. But for the life of me I can see no reason why it should not.

My environment is:

Installed PHP rpms

Callandor:/etc/apache2 # rpm -qa | grep php
php5-5.2.9-0.1.1
apache2-mod_php5-5.2.9-0.1.1
php5-mysql-5.2.9-0.1.1

Apache loads the php module:

Callandor:/etc/apache2 # apache2ctl -M
Loaded Modules:
 core_module (static)
 mpm_prefork_module (static)
 http_module (static)
 so_module (static)
 actions_module (shared)
 alias_module (shared)
 auth_basic_module (shared)
 authn_file_module (shared)
 authz_host_module (shared)
 authz_groupfile_module (shared)
 authz_default_module (shared)
 authz_user_module (shared)
 authn_dbm_module (shared)
 autoindex_module (shared)
 cgi_module (shared)
 dir_module (shared)
 env_module (shared)
 expires_module (shared)
 include_module (shared)
 log_config_module (shared)
 mime_module (shared)
 negotiation_module (shared)
 setenvif_module (shared)
 ssl_module (shared)
 suexec_module (shared)
 userdir_module (shared)
 php5_module (shared)

Module is specified to load here:

Callandor:/etc/apache2 # cat /etc/sysconfig/apache2 | grep APACHE_MODULES
APACHE_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_file authz_host authz_groupfile authz_default authz_user authn_dbm autoindex cgi dir env expires include log_config mime negotiation setenvif ssl suexec userdir php5"

Permissions look okay on document root:

Callandor:/etc/apache2 # ls -l /srv/www/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec  3  2008 cgi-bin
drwxr-xr-x 4 root www  4096 Aug 28 23:00 htdocs

User and Group for Apache are

Callandor:/etc/apache2 # cat uid.conf
User wwwrun
Group www

Perhaps I am missing something obvious, but I sure am not seeing it.

Thanks for any input you can give.
Lews Therin

#2

Are you using short tags by any chance? <? ?>

You should use <?php ?>

#3

Hi Ken,

That was a good idea - but no, I am not using short tags. I copied my script to one with the same permissions, but with .PHP and it worked. Then the lowercase .php subsequently worked too. Ummm . . . I have nothing. But its working now, thank you.

Lews Therin

#4

Yeah that’s what I figured. The scripts should end in .php, or Apache doesn’t know that it’s supposed to run them through the PHP interpreter.

#5

The really weird thing though was that the original script did end in .php, but it just would not run at fist. Maybe just a browser refresh thing or something. Ug - so simple.

Thanks Ken.

Lews Therin