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PHP is not being interpreted after emerge dev-lang/php

Asked by: ScottGutman

Apache has lost the ability to interpret php webpages.  The webserver had no problem with php. The simplest page ran phpinfo() and was working fine until I tried to update PHP.  I ran emerge dev-lang/php and when done, the server no longer rendered php code.  Instead it displayed the text of the php file.

How do i fix this? I am VERY new to Linux, so I will need detailed instructions for even simple tasks.

I am running gentoo linux 2008, php5

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Answers

 

by: ahoffmannPosted on 2009-02-06 at 06:09:55ID: 23569793

check your httpd.conf (and all its includes) for AddType and AddHandler directives which contain php
If unsure please post these directive (please do not post the complete httpd.conf).

 

by: ScottGutmanPosted on 2009-02-06 at 10:23:51ID: 23572506

This is a gentoo install and the httpd.conf does not have a lot of information or settings.  From research I am guessing that the default file in the sub directories control the handlers.

I fixed my problem with the following solution:
1. emerge --unemerge dev-lang/php
2. ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge dev-lang/php
3. USE="*- apache2 bcmath mysql posix session simplexml tidy truetype bzip2 ncurses nls readline xml2 sqlite crypt spell sockets gd jpeg" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge dev-lang/php
5. emerge dev-php/PEAR-PEAR dev-php/PEAR-DB

Can someone tell me why that worked? My first attempt was simply "emerge dev-lang/php"


 

by: oklitPosted on 2009-02-06 at 15:31:52ID: 23575347

In gentoo, you should have /etc/apache2/modules.d/ directory, in which you should have file 70_mod_php5.conf (there is possibility that it won't be 70 but some other number, but it doesn't matter).

My file attached. If you don't have such, and you are sure, that you have _succesfully_ installed php5, put this file into /etc/apache2/modules.d/ directory, restart apache, and check if it works.

 

by: oklitPosted on 2009-02-06 at 15:33:28ID: 23575359

Eh.. forgot to attach file ;) Here it goes.

 

by: ScottGutmanPosted on 2009-02-06 at 15:34:55ID: 23575372

oklit:  Thanks for the response, but the problem resolved itself with the commands that I last posted.  I just don't understand what happened.

 

by: oklitPosted on 2009-02-06 at 15:49:03ID: 23575464

Eh.. I often read too fast and I miss some important parts of text :) I saw your comment, but missed somehow this sentence: "I fixed my problem..." :) Sorry.

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