[SOLVED] Can't get apache to read php files help?

[Gizmo007]

I have read online several threads addressing apache not being able to read php files, however everything I have tried has failed to work. I am running 12.1 Suse. I sucessfully can get my index.html file to show on the apache server, but the php files just won't show at all. I am using apache 2 and php5.

I have tried chmod 777 everything and giving wwwrun ownership of files. That got rid of error messages I was recieving in the log, but still php files were not being read.

I tried creating an htaccess file and adding into it

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml

and setting the default page to be read as index.php as well as index.html.

I tried adding this into my httpd.conf file and all I got was a syntax error message and apache refusing to start. So I removed it and apache worked again.

I noticed a file called mime.types that already has application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml
specified in there.

I also was able to setup the MySQL server and I am able to get into phpMyAdmin.

*update* Today I found out by creating only php files with no html code in them that apache will download the php file instead of interpeting the code. I made a sample info.php file and apache will download it rather than send it to php to interpet. I downloaded a php file showing all the php code in info.php

I read that this means my problem is that apache is failing to pass the file to the PHP handler. How do I fix this? Where is the PHP handler?

my httpd.config file

# /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
#
#
#
# httpd.conf.


### Global Environment ################################################## ####
#
# The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,
# such as the number of concurrent requests.

# run under this user/group id
Include /etc/apache2/uid.conf

# - how many server processes to start (server pool regulation)
# - usage of KeepAlive
Include /etc/apache2/server-tuning.conf

# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
# logged here. If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error_log

# generated from APACHE_MODULES in /etc/sysconfig/apache2
Include /etc/apache2/sysconfig.d/loadmodule.conf

# IP addresses / ports to listen on
Include /etc/apache2/listen.conf

# predefined logging formats
Include /etc/apache2/mod_log_config.conf

# generated from global settings in /etc/sysconfig/apache2
Include /etc/apache2/sysconfig.d/global.conf

# optional mod_status, mod_info
Include /etc/apache2/mod_status.conf
Include /etc/apache2/mod_info.conf

# optional cookie-based user tracking
# read the documentation before using it!!
Include /etc/apache2/mod_usertrack.conf

# configuration of server-generated directory listings
Include /etc/apache2/mod_autoindex-defaults.conf

# associate MIME types with filename extensions
TypesConfig /etc/apache2/mime.types
DefaultType text/plain
Include /etc/apache2/mod_mime-defaults.conf

# set up (customizable) error responses
Include /etc/apache2/errors.conf

# global (server-wide) SSL configuration, that is not specific to
# any virtual host
Include /etc/apache2/ssl-global.conf

# forbid access to the entire filesystem by default
<Directory />
Options None
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
allow from all
</Directory>

# use .htaccess files for overriding,
AccessFileName .htaccess
# and never show them
<Files ~ "^\.ht">
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Files>

# List of resources to look for when the client requests a directory
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.html.var

### 'Main' server configuration #############################################
#
# The directives in this section set up the values used by the 'main'
# server, which responds to any requests that aren't handled by a
# <VirtualHost> definition. These values also provide defaults for
# any <VirtualHost> containers you may define later in the file.
#
# All of these directives may appear inside <VirtualHost> containers,
# in which case these default settings will be overridden for the
# virtual host being defined.
#
Include /etc/apache2/default-server.conf


# Another way to include your own files
#
# The file below is generated from /etc/sysconfig/apache2,
# include arbitrary files as named in APACHE_CONF_INCLUDE_FILES and
# APACHE_CONF_INCLUDE_DIRS
Include /etc/apache2/sysconfig.d/include.conf


### Virtual server configuration ############################################
#
# VirtualHost: If you want to maintain multiple domains/hostnames on your
# machine you can setup VirtualHost containers for them. Most configurations
# use only name-based virtual hosts so the server doesn't need to worry about
# IP addresses. This is indicated by the asterisks in the directives below.
#
# Please see the documentation at

# for further details before you try to setup virtual hosts.
#
# You may use the command line option '-S' to verify your virtual host
# configuration.
#
#Include /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/*.conf


# Note: instead of adding your own configuration here, consider
# adding it in your own file (/etc/apache2/httpd.conf.local)
# putting its name into APACHE_CONF_INCLUDE_FILES in
# /etc/sysconfig/apache2 -- this will make system updates
# easier

mime.types

# This file controls what Internet media types are sent to the client for
# given file extension(s). Sending the correct media type to the client
# is important so they know how to handle the content of the file.
# For more information about Internet media types, please read
# RFC 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, and 2077. The Internet media type
# registry is at .

# MIME type Extension
application/andrew-inset ez
application/chemtool cht
application/dicom dcm
application/docbook+xml docbook
application/ecmascript ecma
application/flash-video flv
application/illustrator ai
application/javascript js
application/mac-binhex40
application/mathematica nb
application/msword doc
application/octet-stream bin
application/oda oda
application/ogg ogg
application/pdf pdf
application/pgp pgp
application/pgp-encrypted
application/pgp-encrypted pgp gpg
application/pgp-keys
application/pgp-keys skr pkr
application/pgp-signature
application/pgp-signature sig
application/pkcs7-mime
application/pkcs7-signature p7s
application/postscript ps
application/rtf rtf
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htaccess file

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .html
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .htm

[Roxoff]

When you try to access a .php file on your server, what messages appear in your log? You should look in both the access log file and the error log file. I'm not sure where SuSE keeps it's apache logs, but I'd look for them in /var/log/httpd.

It should be obvious what is going wrong from reading those messages - but if it's not, then post them up here and we'll try to help.

[Gizmo007]

Ok I don't know how I did it, but now I can get info.php and helloworld.php to work in the browser. Index.php however still will not work, if I rename it to somefile.php then it will work fine.

in my DirectyIndex I have index.php index.html listed, but still apache will not recognize index.php for some reason even though it is listed in my config files.

Also phpMyAdmin now does not work after I got my php files to work in the browser. It was working before, but now apache won't even display it in the browser. My sql server is up and running fine, I could log into sql server fine from a shell prompt.

I am not getting any error messages in my logs today. Last night I was getting error messages that the ip address of the computer I was on was being denied permission to access index.php, I was still able to access index.html. I changed permissions and gave ownership of my www directory to wwwrun and that error went away. However still today index.php will not show up in my browser. Why?

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*updated* oh I can't believe this! I finally did get the index.php to work. For some reason when I create my php files on a windows machine and then ftp them to my linux server the server is adding spaces between the file name and the .php. So the reason some php files were not being read is because there was space added between the name and the .php. Why this happend I have no idea. looking closely I saw my index file was named "index .php" instead of "index.php". I don't know why linux decided to add a space between the "index" and the ".php" when I ftp'ed the file from my windows machine. So I just renamed the file from "index .php" to "index.php" and it worked fine. That simple space created so much of a nightmare!

I still am not able to get my phpMyAdmin to work. I had it working before when none of my php files were showing up in the browser, now I can't get it work. I can get into SQL Server from a shell prompt.

[Gizmo007]

I fixed it !

I just decided to reinstall mysql server on linux and now phpMyAdmin is working fine. So I have a fully functional LAMP sever now

now next project, get Tomcat working ...