How can I get PHP5 to work with Apache 2?

Post #263,634 by cwbrenn 8/3/06 1:33:54 PM Reply	How can I get PHP5 to work with Apache 2? I'm running Kubuntu (Dapper) and I'm having a little problem getting php5 working with apache 2. I'm trying to get them to work on my laptop so I can use the laptop as a test area for a server where the combination is working, and I'm a bit lost at this point. I have both php5 and apache 2 installed on the laptop. libapache2-mod-php5 is also installed. I've edited apache.conf to make sure index.php is listed in DirectoryIndex. I have php-cli installed, so I can run php scripts from a terminal... but I can't run any php files that have been moved to /var/www... the browser has no idea what to do with them. Any thoughts anyone? I'm at something of a loss. "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #263,635 by Yendor 8/3/06 1:42:18 PM Reply	Re: How can I get PHP5 to work with Apache 2? Is the PHP5 module enabled inside the `modules.conf` file that should be in (I believe) `/etc/apache2`? -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #263,640 by cwbrenn 8/3/06 2:00:57 PM Reply	There isn't a modules.conf... there are two directories, mods-available, and mods-enabled. "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #263,642 by Yendor 8/3/06 2:07:03 PM Reply	Oh, right. `modules.conf` was apache1. Sorry. So there should be a `php5.load` and perhaps a `php5.conf` inside the `mods-available` directory, and there should be symlinks to `../mods-available/php5.load` and `../mods-available/php5.conf` inside the `mods-enabled` directory. If the `php5.load` and `php5.conf` files exist, but the symlinks don't, then you can create them via the commands: `ln -s ../mods-available/php5.load php5.load` and `ln -s ../mods-available/php5.conf php5.conf`. Note that I just tried this on my server, and installing the `libapache2-mod-php5` package automatically created the files and symlinks for me... I don't normally use PHP myself. I believe I recall helping someone else out with this kind of problem (on his laptop), and his problems with PHP magically disappeared after a reboot. -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #263,648 by cwbrenn 8/3/06 2:32:21 PM Reply	That seems to have worked! Thanks! "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #263,734 by static 8/4/06 2:33:23 AM Reply	There are scripts to do that for you. a2enmod and a2dismod for modules and a2ensite and a2dissite for sites. Wade. "Insert crowbar. Apply force."

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