All,

I have LAMP installed on my server but PHP is not rendering at either the command line or the browser. Running "PHP -v" gives:

• PHP 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.15

When trying to find a HOWTO on doing a PHP Config all I get are install help pages, but I have no inet at this sever location and all those pages talk about a package "fpm", which I do not have so under /etc I only have:

• /etc/PHP/7.2/apache2
• /etc/PHP/7.2/cgi
• /etc/PHP/7.2/cli

So not sure about how to edit these for the right parms and I know there is a place where "PHP" must be added for apache to actually read and interpret any PHP file.

A link to the right config HOWTO is all I need!

All help appreciated!

TBotNik

The keywords "Ubuntu" and "LAMP" didn't get you anything?

https://www.digitalocean.com/communi...k-ubuntu-18-04

Add this to your cgi-bin directory as phpinfo.php and run it: http(s)://SITE/cgi-bin/phpinfo.php

Here is a link:

https://www.a2hosting.com/kb/develop...-php-settings/

What are you trying to "render"?

Version 7.2 is correct for Ubuntu 18 assuming you installed it from the repository. In theory if you installed php from the repository it should be already configured. Maybe you need to install another php module.

All,

Worked through the PHP configs and tried to restart apace2 but getting errors.

Looked in the systrmctl logs and it says error on line 228 of a file in /etc but always trucatesthe line so can not figure out what file to edit and find the error.

All help on another way to find this error appreciated!

TBNK

Have you checked the logs? What did you change?

Apache log is in /var/log/httpd/error_log typically. Or you can check syntax with "apachectl configtest".

elgrandeperro,

On Kubuntu 18.04 and no such commands or logs

TBNK

michaelk,

Changed nothing in Apache2. May have had this issue for a while, but now aware of it.

Somewhat challenged here as this is a remote sie with no inet.

Only my phone gets out here and no connection between phone and the server.

TBNK

The Apache2 logs are at /var/log/apache2

To see the entire line run the command:
journalctl -xefu apache2.service

What were the last changes you made to any configuration file in /etc/. That would be the first place to look to see why Apache isn't starting.

dugan,

Only installs which are meaningless for a remote server with no inet. ABSOLUTELY need only config HOWTOS, nothing else. Not reading through ton of meaningless install BS.

But thanks!

TBNK

elgrandeperro,

Error logs in Ubuntu based system are totally different place bu under the same /var/log main directory. The error.log.1 shows 3 lines but has much less information than the systrmctl logs had. No file name and therefore no line number where the error is occurring!

So any other ideas?

TBNK

michaelk,

Read my comment to elgrandeperro. Think it answers on this!

TBNK

All,

Gonna try a CAT of the systrmctl logs to see if that will give me that error line without cutting it off!

TBNK

So if it is a startup error, often it is recorded in /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog. It should be named as service httpd or apache2.

You can try to start it, then go to /var/log. Then ls -lt to see what files have recently changed.

Syslog usually is setup so critical errors go into those logfiles.