hi,

i have cent os 7 installed on my machine. also installed xampp on it. when i tried to open .php file on browser its not executing but when i try to executi .html file on browser it displayed.


can anybody help me out in resolving this???


Thanks

Your security configuration is very likely the default.


I believe to need to enable "httpd_builtin_scripting" (check the manpage on setsebool). The command to set this is
I believe you will have to restart the http server after this for it to become active.

se is disabled

Then you're probably going to be better off trying a normal LAMP stack instead of experimenting with XAMPP. XAMPP is pretty non-standard and will cost a lot of extra work just to get running, then there are extra maintenance considerations that you will run into because it does not take advantage of the built-in package management system that CentOS uses. To get normal LAMP components, use yum. The packages httpd, mariadb, perl, and php will add what you need. Linux you have already and python should already be installed by default. Then it will be less work to get running, lower effort for maintenance, greater portability, and also give you the ability to take advantages of the guides and tutorials out on the net.

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And less security.

SELinux is there for protection. If you aren't going to use it, you may as well use any other distribution.

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i have disabled just to check it and resolved it but not working in any way..

as you said i also planning to move on to the lamp stack but its been configured by someone else and without any further instructions i cant switch so i am trying to resolving this issue only

You can spend your resources just to try to get XAMPP running. Or you can use "yum" to install httpd, mariadb, perl, and php and spend your resources building something with perl, python, or php. Can you run "yum" on your machine to install anything? Or can your sysadmin do so on your behalf? If so, then that is the way to go.

Note: the CentOS packages work - they have any patches needed, and already have the security designes configured for CentOS, where the xampp kit is not, and will not.

yes i can yum on my machine

finally i have reloaded my server and its only having cPanel but still facing issue with error 500

Ok. Does that mean you have used yum to install the packages httpd, mariadb, perl, and php? Once you have installed the php package, you'll need to get the web server to reload its configuration file.

If you are still getting a 500 error, then try opening a new window and tracking the web server's error log:
What is the exact error when you try to load the offending page?