php55-apache2handler: PHP scripts not running in Apache2

[p.perroud@…]

php55-apache2handler was built successfully on Mavericks but Apache is reading .php files like plain text: PHP scripting is just ignored.

It looks like Apache2 has no idea what a PHP script is about.

The 'php5' module was activated, the DirectoryIndex in /opt/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf was modified to take index.php first and Apache was restarted.

But my index.php file that's only doing:

<?php 
phpinfo(); 
?>

is rendered as plain text in the web browser...

I am attaching console log output...

[p.perroud@…]

port installation log trace

[p.perroud@…]

Cc Me!

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

In the future, please Cc the port maintainers (port info --maintainers php55-apache2handler) but not yourself since the reporter is automatically Cc'ed.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Include conf/extras/mod_php55.conf in your httpd.conf.

[p.perroud@…]

When the php5 module was installed from terminal it adds a LoadModule line in httpd.conf:

LoadModule php5_module        modules/mod_php55.so

What I've done so far to make it works is to add manually the module file types just below this line in httpd.conf - like this:

LoadModule php5_module        modules/mod_php55.so

<IfModule mod_php5.c>

AddType  application/x-httpd-php         .php
AddType  application/x-httpd-php-source  .phps

</IfModule>

If would be nice if these file types were also added when the php5 module was actually installed...

If doing this manually was really a requierement then we should to be told so in terminal by the time we are told the php5 module must be installed manually.

Is there any reason these installation steps are not handled by macports at building time?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to p.perroud@…:

When the php5 module was installed from terminal it adds a LoadModule line in httpd.conf:

LoadModule php5_module        modules/mod_php55.so

Not automatically; you have to follow the instructions the php55-apache2handler port prints to run the appropriate apxs command.

What I've done so far to make it works is to add manually the module file types just below this line in httpd.conf - like this:

LoadModule php5_module        modules/mod_php55.so

<IfModule mod_php5.c>

AddType  application/x-httpd-php         .php
AddType  application/x-httpd-php-source  .phps

</IfModule>

Including conf/extras/mod_php55.conf should add those AddType directives for you.

If would be nice if these file types were also added when the php5 module was actually installed...

If doing this manually was really a requierement then we should to be told so in terminal by the time we are told the php5 module must be installed manually.

Is there any reason these installation steps are not handled by macports at building time?

MacPorts ports do not modify your configuration files for you, but I should modify the port so it prints correct instructions to tell you what to do.

[djlambert (Derek J. Lambert)]

Maybe the portfile could be modified to also make mention of including mod_php55.conf?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Yes, it should do that. There are existing tickets about the messages the ports print after installation needing improvement.