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 got this kind of problem. This is how I solve it. After installed Apache then I installed PHP using this command.

sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php

it executes correctly but I request .php file from Apache, it gives without executing the PHP script.

Then I check PHP is enabled.

$ cd /etc/apache2
$ ls -l mods-*/*php*

but it didn't show any results. I check installed PHP packages.

$ dpkg -l | grep php| awk '{print $2}' |tr "\n" " "

Different type of PHP versions installed to my computer. Then I remove some PHP packages from my previous list, using apt-get purge.

sudo apt-get purge libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0 php7.0-cli php7.0-common php7.0-json

I reinstall PHP

sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mcrypt php-mysql

Verify that the PHP module is loaded

$ a2query -m php7.0

if not enabled with:

$ sudo a2enmod php7.0

Restart Apache server

$ sudo systemctl restart apache2

Finally, I check PHP process on Apache

create an empty file

sudo vim /var/www/html/info.php

Add this content to info.php & save.

Check on browser:

http://localhost/info.php

it shows correctly.I think this will help anyone.