[Bug 245015] [NEW] php5 install does not work

[sergey]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: php5

Installed apache via synaptics, successfully.
Needed PHP
Installed php5, does not work. 

Symptom:
When trying to open a *.php page containing <?php phpinfo(); ?> on my apache server all I get is a message box asking me if I want to save or open the page.
Contents of /var/log/apache/error.log  does not show a php entry.
After a day of Google found the cause: installation program does not create a file php5.load. Manually creating it and putting  a line 

LoadModule php5_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so

 then placing it in the /etc/apache2/mods-availible and making a soft
link to  /etc/apache2/mods-enabled helped. After restarting Apache
phpinfo worked just fine.

Ubuntu Hardy
Description:	Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release:	8.04

Partial output of phpinfo:
PHP Version 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.1

System 	Linux homebase 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:43:41 UTC 2008 i686
Build Date 	May 9 2008 16:14:00
Server API 	Apache 2.0 Handler
Virtual Directory Support 	disabled
Configuration File (php.ini) Path 	/etc/php5/apache2
Loaded Configuration File 	/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
Scan this dir for additional .ini files 	/etc/php5/apache2/conf.d
PHP API 	20041225
PHP Extension 	20060613
Zend Extension 	220060519
Debug Build 	no
Thread Safety 	disabled
Zend Memory Manager 	enabled
IPv6 Support 	enabled
Registered PHP Streams 	zip, php, file, data, http, ftp, compress.bzip2, compress.zlib, https, ftps
Registered Stream Socket Transports 	tcp, udp, unix, udg, ssl, sslv3, sslv2, tls
Registered Stream Filters 	string.rot13, string.toupper, string.tolower, string.strip_tags, convert.*, consumed, convert.iconv.*, bzip2.*, zlib.*
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 apt-cache policy php5
php5:
  Installed: 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.1
  Candidate: 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.1
  Version table:
 *** 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.1 0
        500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     5.2.4-2ubuntu5 0
        500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

apt-cache policy apache2
apache2:
  Installed: 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.3
  Candidate: 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.3
  Version table:
 *** 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.3 0
        500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.2.8-1 0
        500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
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This behavior happends even if I use apt-get directly.

** Affects: php5 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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php5 install does not work
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