I guess php is not installed. Try creating a file like and save it as phpinfo.php inside your document root and try accessing it from your browser. You should see details about PHP if not then PHP is not installed properly.
<? phpinfo(); ?> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Rishi Agarwal <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Ankur, > I removed all the mysql, apache, phpmyadmin, php packages; did a apt-get > autoremove and then installed xampp following these steps ( > http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html#377). Still when I > accessed the localhost (http://localhost/xampp/index.php) and click on > phpmyadmin tab in the left, a file got downloaded and when I accessed ( > http://localhost/phpmyadmin/index.php), index.php got downloaded. I have > worked extensively on xampp in windows before but have never experienced a > problem of this type. What may be the cause of this? I have also performed > apt-get update to make sure I have all the packages. > > On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 3:36 PM, ankur kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For better results, it is advisable to free your hard disk space and thus >> remove those packages which are redundant. XAMPP for linux already contains >> those packages which will be installed by default. >> >> Googling it will help you better as I have little ( negligible ) >> experience on lamp but IMHO, you should remove those packages >> >> And yes, mention not :) >> >> >> Ankur Kumar <[email protected]> >> Master in Computer Applications >> >> Mobile: +91-9968023094 >> +91-9695436176 >> +91-9162971729 >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Rishi Agarwal <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Thanks for your reply. I just created a Hello World index.html and >>> deployed in /var/www. It's working properly when I access localhost. If i >>> download xampp for linux, then should I remove already installed packages >>> of phpmyadmin, mysql so that there is no conflict? >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 3:18 PM, ankur kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi. >>>> >>>> When a page gets downloaded from the browser instead of getting >>>> rendered, it means that the setup has proceeded but that the server is >>>> unable to 'understand' the type of the file. >>>> >>>> You can try uploading some html file(s) to the server and check whether >>>> they are being rendered properly. In case they are, there is some issue >>>> with the server configuration, else the installation has some problems. >>>> >>>> I have not worked on lamp.. I guess using XAMPP for linux is an easier >>>> way out to the problem - it has PHP, MySQL, Apache bundled together. >>>> >>>> >>>> Ankur Kumar <[email protected]> >>>> Master in Computer Applications >>>> >>>> Mobile: +91-9968023094 >>>> +91-9695436176 >>>> +91-9162971729 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Rishi <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I tried to configure lamp on ubuntu 12.04 following this guide ( >>>>> http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-apache2-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-ubuntu-12.04-lts-lamp). >>>>> But when I point to localhost/phpmyadmin/index.php in the browser, it just >>>>> download the index.php file to my downloads folder. As mentioned in the >>>>> guide, I made a info.php file and its working properly. How can I fix this >>>>> error? I am attaching /etc/apache2/apache2.conf >>>>> and /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf for reference. >>>>> Thanks & Regards, >>>>> Rishi >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: >>>>> http://lug-iitd.org/Footer >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: >>>> http://lug-iitd.org/Footer >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Rishi Agarwal >>> 3rd Year Undergraduate >>> Department of Mathematics >>> Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi >>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: >>> http://lug-iitd.org/Footer >>> >> >> -- >> Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: >> http://lug-iitd.org/Footer >> > > > > -- > Rishi Agarwal > 3rd Year Undergraduate > Department of Mathematics > Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi > > -- > Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: > http://lug-iitd.org/Footer > -- Regards, Balasubramaniam Natarajan www.etutorshop.com/moodle/ -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
