[SOLVED] Enable PHP on Centos 7

killingthemonkey · 07-04-2016, 08:50 PM

I followed the instructions on linode.com to install the LAMP stack. If I create a simple info .php and run phpinfo(), I get the return. As soon as I wrap it in an HTML page, my PHP will not execute.

My entire page is simply:

Code:

<html>
    <head>
        <title>A Simple PHP Page</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <?php
            echo "<h1>Hello, world!</h1>";
        ?>
    </body>
</html>

The page is saved as index.html

All I get is:

Code:

    Hello, world"?>

notKlaatu · 07-04-2016, 09:10 PM

I'm guessing you need to configure Apache to recognise PHP.

This reviews what you need to do in your Apache conf file to "turn on" PHP (you have to load the PHP module into Apache, and make sure Apache knows to treat *.php files as PHP):

http://php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache2.php

Doug G · 07-04-2016, 09:45 PM

Use the .php extension on the file to tell apache to use the php interpreter.

killingthemonkey · 07-04-2016, 10:24 PM

So, I've added the following line to my httpd.conf

Code:

LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so

I confirmed that is where my PHP module lives.

I guess my question is, if I use PHP in a document, does it have to have the .php extension?

I thought you could have PHP embedded in an HTML document.

achemete · 07-05-2016, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by killingthemonkey

So, I've added the following line to my httpd.conf

Code:

LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so

I confirmed that is where my PHP module lives.

I guess my question is, if I use PHP in a document, does it have to have the .php extension?

I thought you could have PHP embedded in an HTML document.

Hello killingthemonkey,

Yes, if the file contains php, you should end your file name with .php extension, otherwise you'll see a blank page or your page without the php elements.

killingthemonkey · 07-05-2016, 08:36 AM

Thank you, achemete, and thank the rest of you for your replies and assistance.