Title: php runs from the cmdline, apache does not execute Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # php runs from the cmdline, apache does not execute * Resolved [larryzeropointcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/larryzeropointcom/) * (@larryzeropointcom) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-runs-from-the-cmdline-apache-does-not-execute/) * With a browser the php file returns as a download rather than executing the php file and returning the results of execution. I’m running on suse linux 11.2 64- bit, and apache2-2.2.13-2.4.1. I’m stumped as to how to debug this problem. * php is working and installed but there must be some sort of apache 2 issue. Search engine results have not been helpful. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-runs-from-the-cmdline-apache-does-not-execute/#post-1628885) * Does this happen on all php pages or just WordPress ones? * It may be wackiness with your version of PHP. What version are you running? * Thread Starter [larryzeropointcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/larryzeropointcom/) * (@larryzeropointcom) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-runs-from-the-cmdline-apache-does-not-execute/#post-1628887) * all php pages.. * php5-5.3.2-1.1.1 * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-runs-from-the-cmdline-apache-does-not-execute/#post-1628889) * Yeah, sorry, it’s gotta be a server config issue 🙁 Do you have a webhost you can pester for help? * Thread Starter [larryzeropointcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/larryzeropointcom/) * (@larryzeropointcom) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-runs-from-the-cmdline-apache-does-not-execute/#post-1628894) * I know that this is not a problem attributable to wordpress, but I’m not sure where to go or who to ask for help on this one. Any suggestions would be a great help. * I set up the standard info.php file * * to test web access and apache returns the file as a download. I can run the file at the console and phpinfo() data returns. I uninstalled and then reinstalled apache and php just in case, but nothing has worked. * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-runs-from-the-cmdline-apache-does-not-execute/#post-1628911) * That’s why I asked if you have a web host or if you’re flying solo 🙂 * Usually this is an apache handler issue. See [http://www.webmasterworld.com/apache/3418477.htm](http://www.webmasterworld.com/apache/3418477.htm) for a start. * Thread Starter [larryzeropointcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/larryzeropointcom/) * (@larryzeropointcom) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-runs-from-the-cmdline-apache-does-not-execute/#post-1628945) * Thanks for the link, sounds exactly like what is happening here, but none of the suggestions work for me. * AddHandler server-parsed .php * looks like exactly what I need but it didn’t work, and there wasn’t any other combinations of addtype or addhandler that made any difference. I also added the mime type * application/x-httpd-php .php * to the mime.types file. Nothing seems to get apache to execute the php code. * I’m looking forward to getting WordPress installed, so I hope I can get this sorted out.. * Thread Starter [larryzeropointcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/larryzeropointcom/) * (@larryzeropointcom) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-runs-from-the-cmdline-apache-does-not-execute/#post-1628962) * I have vmware running suse linux 11.2 and I quickly installed php, mysql and apache, and php is processing the php files just fine. * My problem is on our deployment server and somehow I need to diagnose the problem and fix it. I know a lot of you have located this sort of problem. Can anyone give me some hints on where and what to look for? I will post the solution here of course as to what the problem is when I find it. It should save someone else a lot of time too. * Thanks! * Thread Starter [larryzeropointcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/larryzeropointcom/) * (@larryzeropointcom) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-runs-from-the-cmdline-apache-does-not-execute/#post-1629065) * The solution! * Since I was able to see php executing on a fresh suse 11.2 install, I knew there was most likely an error in the configuration files. The server I am deploying on was to a great extent experimental and I must have created statements that interfered with php. I regret to say that I’m not sure what the final change was that made it work. But it’s working great now. * I just basically trimmed the configuration in the server (/etc/apache2) to conform to the newer installation that worked, until it started working. Some apache configuration rules are a little confusing, I most likely made a small mistake that rendered php5 inoperative. * I did find in the apache2 error logs a large number of errors that went away when I used yast to shutdown apparmor. I had not fully configured apparmor, so there might have been an issue there. * I’m not aware of any side effects to shutting apparmor down, but things are working well now, so I can get on with the blog. * My thanks for the suggestions from ipstenu.. It got me off ‘stumped mode’ and gave me somewhere to start. * Now to the creative work! * Thanks. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘php runs from the cmdline, apache does not execute’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 8 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [larryzeropointcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/larryzeropointcom/) * Last activity: [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-runs-from-the-cmdline-apache-does-not-execute/#post-1629065) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics