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
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>
>
> 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
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