Getting php working with Apache on 10.04

[Richard C. Steffens]

On 10/01/2011 01:47 AM, Ronald Chmara wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Richard C. Steffens<rsteff at comcast.net>  wrote:
>> On 09/30/2011 03:32 PM, Finn wrote:
>>> which instructions did you follow?
>> The instructions on this page:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP
> What is the result of:
>
> "In /var/www , create a text file called "test.php", grant the world
> (or, at least, Ubuntu user "apache") permission to read it, write in
> it the only line: "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" (without the quotation marks)
> then, with your web browser, go to the URI
> "http://localhost/test.php": if you can see a description of PHP5
> configuration, it proves PHP 5 works with Apache."
>
> ... and if you invoke `httpd -M`, do you see a PHP module?,

rsteff at acer-laptop:~$ sudo httpd -M
[sudo] password for rsteff:
sudo: httpd: command not found

Seeing that I wondered if Apache was really running so I executed:

rsteff at acer-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
  * Restarting web server apache2
apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified 
domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
  ... waiting apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully 
qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName

Then I renamed files so there was no index.php and there was the default 
index.html.

Clicking on my link for localhost still showed me the download message 
for index.php. That's not what happened when I first installed Apache. 
So then I wondered if the problem is associated with the hostname issue 
raised during the restart. When I put 127.0.1.1 in Firefox's address bar 
I got the "It works" page. Then I renamed files so there is no 
index.html and there is an index.php and reloaded 127.0.1.1. I get my 
index.php page. I already have a link on that page for phpinfo, and it 
works, too.

So, I was chasing the wrong problem.

The directions on this page:

http://aslamnajeebdeen.com/blog/how-to-fix-apache-could-not-reliably-determine-the-servers-fully-qualified-domain-name-using-127011-for-servername-error-on-ubuntu

say that I need to put:

ServerName localhost

in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf. I did just that but when I put localhost in 
Firefox's address bar I still get the download window. However, if 
instead of just http://localhost I enter http://localhost/index.php I 
get my index.php page.

Curiouser and curiouser.

Must be something I've missed.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens