PhP file display as downloading instead of interpreted by Apache

By mkyong | Updated: August 30, 2012

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Tags: apache download file php

Problem

While accessing the PHP file, it display as “application/x-httpd-php” downloading instead of interpreted properly by Apache. See figure below :

Solution

The PHP downloading issue is caused by the Apache didn’t load the PHP module properly.

1. Find and edit Apache configuration file, which should be able to find at $APACHE_PATH/conf/httpd.conf.

2. Make sure following lines are existed in httpd.conf, and point to correct PHP module location, of course 🙂

#BEGIN PHP INSTALLER EDITS - REMOVE ONLY ON UNINSTALL
PHPIniDir "C:/PHP/"
LoadModule php5_module "C:/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll"
#END PHP INSTALLER EDITS - REMOVE ONLY ON UNINSTALL

3. Restart it, Done.