Raspberry pi PHP display code instead of output

Question

I installed php services and Apache2 on my raspberry pi without errors. But, when I opened a browser and entered my page URL, it wrote

<?php echo "Hello";?>

instead of Hello.

I have tried reinstalling and have checked that the Apache PHP module is installed and enabled with a2enmod, the script runs fine when run directly with php on the terminal.

Anyone know how to fix that? Thanks for any help

• Roger Jones: What web server are you using and what's the name of the file containing your PHP script? You may need to configure your web server to execute the file with php and send the output to the browser rather than send the contents to the browser as-is.
• ScreaMyCZE: webserver is apache2 and how can i configure webserver? Name of file is index.php
• Roger Jones: Can you add the extra information to your question about using Apache2, confirming the libapache2-mod-php is installed and configured and that you can run the script from the terminal without errors. Maybe also add the installation steps you've followed to get to this point?
• ScreaMyCZE: If i knew how to confirm it, i would do it

Answer 1

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Solution 1

Try your script without the tags. It's possible that Apache automatically runs the script through PHP only and not HTML with PHP. This will mean that it sees echo 'Hello' only if it understands the rest of the code. If it is only running PHP it might not understand the tags and just print out the whole thing. There's a slim chance but try it out just in case. See if that will help.

Solution 2

Your web browser may not support PHP. You should check what web browser you're using. If you're using Midori, it might not support it. Try doing this on a different device and accessing another browser like Google Chrome.

Solution 3

Make sure that your file extension is not .txt - This might be the reason for it not seeing and not compiling your code.

Solution 4

Taken from this stackoverflow question

Make sure that Apache's httpd.conf file has the PHP MIME type in it. This should be something like AddType application/x-httpd-php .php . This tells Apache to run .php files as PHP.

IF ALL ELSE FAILS, TRY TO USE PHP WITH A DIFFERENT COMPILER.

Possible links that may help:

Another stack overflow question . PHP.net . If your HTTPS.config file is wrong

I hope this helps.

Regards

• ScreaMyCZE: At first i wanna say thanks for help, and for the second none of solutions helped, i removed php tags and tried on other browsers and different devices and it showed echo "Hello"; istead of Hello
• Bobbbay: This seems like a problem for Apache and not Raspberry Pi then, here are some links for a question that is similar: stackoverflow.com/questions/5121495/… ••• Here's another link as well: php.net/install
• ScreaMyCZE: I know that too, but that page didnt helped me
• Bobbbay: Ok, I'll sketch up a fact - assumption sheet and get back to you soon
• Bobbbay: P.S. is it possible that the file extension is not .php? That could be the cause of all this.

Answer 2

I reinstalled the whole RPI and installed all things again, not sure what caused the problem but it worked

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