Apache2 refuses to process php files - "Snow Leopard" OSX 10.6.4
- by w-01
I have a macbook pro i5.
my understanding is that by default it should be able to serve php5.
i have uncommented the relevant line in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
I have restarted apache with
sudo apachectl -k restart
and when i try to access a file with a php extension, Apache prompts me to download the file. i.e. instead of processing the php and sending me html, it thinks i want to download the file....
when i look in apache error log i see this
[Fri Nov 12 10:16:14 2010] [notice]
Apache/2.2.14 (Unix) PHP/5.3.2
mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8l DAV/2
mod_wsgi/3.2 Python/2.6.1 configured
-- resuming normal operations
so it looks like php5 is loading properly.
I'd like to know either:
How do i fix this?
or
How do I reinstall apache2 so that it's like i just installed the os?
thanks in advance
update
@Zayne - the end of my httpd.conf has
Include /private/etc/apache2/other/*.conf
and i have a file /etc/apache2/other/php.conf with the contents
<IfModule php5_module>
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
@Zayne
I've already copied php.ini.default to php.ini in the same folder. when i run
sudo apachectl configtest
i get
/usr/sbin/apachectl: line 82: ulimit: open files: cannot modify limit: Invalid argument
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using ::1 for ServerName
Syntax OK
furthermore i decided to try
apachectl -M
which shows all loaded modules
Most importantly in the list of loaded modules i got
Loaded Modules:
php5_module (shared)
Since the module is being loaded, it seems like the issue has more to do with making apache use php engine to process the php files.... so something wrong with the ifmodule directive?
