php 5.5.5 not working with Apache 2.4.7

Question

OK, so recently I decided to upgrade my server. I downloaded apache 2.4.7 "httpd-2.4.7-win32-VC11.zip" and extracted all the files, configured them for my use and

Answer 1

From what I understand, the default new config for apache 2.4 doesn't include PHP module. Make sure you add

LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so    
AddHandler php5-script php

to your httpd.conf. I also had to manually re-enable a lot of modules that were commented out by default in the new default config.

Also make sure to prevent threaded MPM as PHP does not like it (http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.installation.php#faq.installation.apache2).

To use previous MPM config change http.conf to

LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so
#LoadModule mpm_event_module modules/mod_mpm_event.so