PHP file wants to download, not display?

Question

I'm following these instructions exactly: http://wiki.debian.org/LaMp

But my test PHP file, created at:

# nano /var/www/apache2-default/test.php

wants to download in the browser, not display as a PHP file.

Answer 1

You can also use the AddHandler and AddType directives in your conf files. There's no need to make files executable when they really don't need to be.

AddHandler php5-script .php
AddType text/html .php

Answer 2

You must tell apache that the file is a cgi script (don't forget to chmod +x it). Usually, apache is set up the think of everything in [wwwdir]/cgi-bin as a script, so just try putting it in there. Otherwise, you'll need something like this in your apache configuration (inside the VirtiualHost section):

    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
    <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
            AllowOverride None
            Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
            Order allow,deny
            Allow from all
    </Directory>