Hi Ankur, Thanks a lot. Actually the thing on that link didn't solved my problem. But I searched further for "php files getting downloaded" and noted that the most of the people were facing this problem on chrome. So I tried opening phpmyadmin on fire fox and it worked like a charm :)
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 7:49 PM, ankur kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Rishi try this one: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1109551 > > > > Ankur Kumar <[email protected]> > Master in Computer Applications > > Mobile: +91-9968023094 > +91-9695436176 > +91-9162971729 > > > > On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Rishi Agarwal <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Also I thought it might be an security issue. So I configured password >> for mysql, phpmyadmin and xampp as well. But still not working. >> >> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Rishi Agarwal <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> This phpinfo.php file thing is working. It is showing my php version as >>> 5.3.8 and I am also getting all the blocks. Although I did noticed one >>> thing, in my apache2handler block , Hostname:Port is specified as >>> localhost:0. Shouldn't it be port 80? >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 6:04 PM, ankur kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Sorry Rishi I could not see the mail. See if the help given by Bala >>>> works... >>>> >>>> >>>> Ankur Kumar <[email protected]> >>>> Master in Computer Applications >>>> >>>> Mobile: +91-9968023094 >>>> +91-9695436176 >>>> +91-9162971729 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Tushar Maroo <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> +1 Bala >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Balasubramaniam Natarajan < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Regards* >>>>> *Tushar Maroo | Student at JECRC Foundation* >>>>> Blog:Coder2's Blog <http://goo.gl/Mso1y> *| *Twitter: >>>>> tusharmaroo<https://twitter.com/#%21/tusharmaroo> >>>>> *|* Linkedin: Tushar >>>>> Maroo<http://in.linkedin.com/pub/tushar-maroo/28/391/1a> >>>>> *|* Facebook:Tushar Maroo <http://facebook.com/tusharmaroo> >>>>> M: +91-9571640968 *|* Alternate mail: [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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
