Apache is downloading php files instead of displaying them

Question

OS and server information:

• CentOS 6.4 (Final)
• Apache 2.2.15
• PHP 5.5.1

I previously had php 5.3.x installed but decided to upgr

Answer 1

I came across this issue today and none of the solutions described worked for me. So here is another possible cause:

If you have something like

AddHandler x-mapp-php6 .php3 .php4 .php .phtml

in a .htaccess file of your web content folder, it can cause your PHP scripts to stop working. In my case the server did not know the x-mapp-php6 type, since that .htaccess file was something I imported from a different web host when I transferred the website content.

Just removing the AddHandler line from the .htaccess file solved it for me.