Index.php downloads instead of opening

Question

Ok, so I have a server at work that I am setting up sites on. It has a Wordpress site in the root, a phpBB forum in a child directory, and a support site in another directory. I'm able to access both the phpBB and support site, but can't access wordpress.

Server: Ubuntu 11.04 with LAMP. Mod rewrite enabled. Structure: /var/www/ ; /var/www/onlyus/ ; /var/www/support/

Perms: Files at 644, directories at 755. Select cache, upload, etc directories at 777 .htaccess:

<Directory "/var/www"> ///woops, little error there (didn't fix it though)
  Options +Indexes FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
  AllowOverride AuthConfig FileInfo
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all  
</Directory>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

I just can't figure out why the wordpress site won't load but the 2 child sites will. Any advice or possible causes of this?

EDIT: apache2.conf

Can you clarify your directory structure? You have `/var/www` in your post and `/home/domain/www` in your configuration. Can you also post your VirtualHost and Apache configurations? Did the WordPress site ever work? Sounds trivial, but in the name of triage, have you tried loading the site from multiple PCs and clearing your browser cach(es)? — Craig Watson, Aug 01 '13 at 18:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '13 at 18:58

This may be a cache problem, if you've tried accessing the domain root before, your browser may have cached the response as a file download (unlikely but possible) - so it's always best to clear caches before you troubleshoot, as well as closing/reopening browsers for good measure.

Can you try downloading the file and taking a look at its contents? If the file contains PHP code, then the PHP interpreter isn't parsing the file, which would certainly be strange given that your other applications running PHP seem to work.

If the downloaded file contains HTML only, I would hazard a guess that the problem is a caching problem and not necessarily tied to the server - in this case, try a few different browsers/PCs.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '13 at 10:09

on debian based machines u need to make sure you have is installed

libapache2-mod-php5

and the following files are linked to there counter parts in /etc/apache2/mods-available

/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.conf

Abhishek Anand Amralkar · Answer 3 · 2013-08-01T19:01:47.357

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Add Handler to your apache config

  AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php

edited Aug 01 '13 at 19:01

answered Aug 01 '13 at 18:19

Abhishek Anand Amralkar

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PHP would need to be installed for phpBB and the support site (which I assume is running PHP) to display. – Craig Watson Aug 01 '13 at 18:25
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Yeah, I'm not quite THAT new... – mikedugan Aug 01 '13 at 18:37

Index.php downloads instead of opening

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