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

After struggling a lot I finally solved the problem.

If you are prompted to download a .php file instead of executing it, then here is the perfect solution: I assume that you have installed PHP5 already and still getting this error.

$ sudo su
$ a2enmod php5

This is it.

But If you are still getting the error :

Config file php5.conf not properly enabled: /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.conf is a real file, not touching it

then do the following:

Turns out files shouldn't be stored in mods-enabled, but should rather be stored in mods-available. A symlink should then be created in mods-enabled pointing to the file stored in mods-available.

First remove the original:

$ mv /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.conf /etc/apache2/mods-available/

Then create the symbolic link:

$ ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.conf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.conf

I hope your problem is solved.