[SOLVED] How to get Apache to run PHP script

[mrs1179]

I am running Ubuntu 9.04. After many failures trying to get Apache, PHP and MySQL configured, I have started all over, so I'm posting a new thread with only my current problem. After completed uninstalling and deleting all related directories, I used the Synaptic Package Manager to install Apache2, MySQL, PHP5 and several related packages. These are the final selections I made:

apache2 (version 2.2.11-2ubuntu2) will be installed
apache2-doc (version 2.2.11-2ubuntu2) will be installed
apache2-mpm-prefork (version 2.2.11-2ubuntu2) will be installed
apache2-utils (version 2.2.11-2ubuntu2) will be installed
apache2.2-common (version 2.2.11-2ubuntu2) will be installed
libapache2-mod-perl2 (version 2.0.4-5ubuntu1) will be installed
libapache2-mod-php5 (version 5.2.6.dfsg.1-3ubuntu4.1) will be installed
libapache2-reload-perl (version 0.10-2) will be installed
libapr1 (version 1.2.12-5) will be installed
libaprutil1 (version 1.2.12+dfsg-8) will be installed
libbsd-resource-perl (version 1.2901-1) will be installed
libdbd-mysql-perl (version 4.008-1) will be installed
libdbi-perl (version 1.607-1) will be installed
libdevel-symdump-perl (version 2.08-1) will be installed
libgtkhtml3.8-15 (version 1:3.13.5-1ubuntu2) will be installed
libhtml-template-perl (version 2.9-1) will be installed
libmysqlclient15off (version 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2) will be installed
libnet-daemon-perl (version 0.43-1) will be installed
libplrpc-perl (version 0.2020-1) will be installed
libpq5 (version 8.3.7-1) will be installed
libqt3-mt (version 3:3.3.8-b-5ubuntu1) will be installed
mysql-admin (version 5.0r12-1ubuntu1) will be installed
mysql-client (version 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2) will be installed
mysql-client-5.0 (version 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2) will be installed
mysql-common (version 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2) will be installed
mysql-doc-5.0 (version 5.0.56-0ubuntu1) will be installed
mysql-gui-tools-common (version 5.0r12-1ubuntu1) will be installed
mysql-navigator (version 1.4.2-11) will be installed
mysql-query-browser (version 5.0r12-1ubuntu1) will be installed
mysql-server (version 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2) will be installed
mysql-server-5.0 (version 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2) will be installed
mysql-server-core-5.0 (version 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2) will be installed
php5 (version 5.2.6.dfsg.1-3ubuntu4.1) will be installed
php5-common (version 5.2.6.dfsg.1-3ubuntu4.1) will be installed
php5-mysql (version 5.2.6.dfsg.1-3ubuntu4.1) will be installed

I used Firefox to open HTML Code:

http://localhost

successfully.

However, when I try to open a sample PHP file that I created called PHPINFO.PHP using this URL:

http://localhost/phpinfo.php

I get the following message that I don't know how to resolve:

Opening phpinfo.php
You have chosen to open phpinfo.php which is a: PHP file from: http://localhost
What should Firefox do with this file?
Open with [Browse...]
Save File
Do this automatically for files like this from now on.

How do I get Apache to handle PHP programs?

The /etc/apache2/httpd.conf file is empty. I'm not sure if this should be configured?

I have been seeking documentation on how to configure this, but my Google searches only find outdated information for previous versions. Can someone tell me what I need to do?

[egan]

Perhaps adding:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html

to /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
will do it.

[mrs1179]

Thank you for the response.

Add

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html

to /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

I believe that solved my main problem. I actually had already added that line to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf since my post, but it did not do the trick by itself. After doing that, I was then just getting a blank page with no error messages when I tried to navigate to it.

I eventually determined that my PHP syntax was also wrong. After correcting the syntax, my page now works!

Thank you for your help.