PHP code is returned instead of executed

Solution 1:

The configuration file /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.conf controls which files Apache recognizes as php scripts (based on their extensions).

Be default (in PHP 5.3.2), the file contains the following code:

<FilesMatch "\.ph(p3?|tml)$">
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

This affects files with the following extensions:

• .php
• .php3
• .phtml

From our discussion in chat, I know that your files have a html extension. The server was configured to treat .html files as php files, but your home computer is not. That leaves you with two options:

1. Rename your .html files that contain php code to one of the above extensions.

2. Replace the line

   <FilesMatch "\.ph(p3?|tml)$">
   

   in your php5.conf by

   <FilesMatch "\.(ph(p3?|tml)|html?)$">
   

   and reload apache by executing the following command:

   sudo service apache2 reload
   

   In addition to the previously mentioned extensions, the new configuration also affects:

   • .htm
   • .html

Solution 2:

is apache running?

when open localhost, you must see "It works!" page. if apache isn't running, you can use /etc/init.d/apache2 start

Maybe php module is not enabled. To enable

a2enmod php5

after

/etc/init.d/apache2 reload

You can use

tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log

to see the error logs.