You have chosen to open index.php which is a : PHP Script from: http://localhost

cucolin@ · 01-30-2007, 01:31 PM

I installed Apache, MySql and php on my linux box(Ubuntu). When I try to open a index.php file using Firefox I get:

You have chosen to open index.php which is a : PHP Script from: http://localhost
What should firefox do with this file?

Does this means php is not installed? If so, I tried to install php but it is not listed in the synaptic package manager. Maybe I did not install everything correctly. I'm trying to run Joomla on my localhost.

raskin · 01-30-2007, 03:25 PM

Yes, it means PHP is either not installed or not configured to handle php pages. I guess the former is true if it is not listed.. Is there mod_php package? Did you try enabling Universe package repository and getting it there?

cucolin@ · 01-30-2007, 03:52 PM

Right now I have no Internet connection. How do I check that PHP is installed in my system. Do I check in /etc directory and look for php file? Thanks

raskin · 01-30-2007, 03:58 PM

Try
which php
ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null | grep -i php

both should output nothing if you do not have PHP.