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I am not sure if this is Unix related, but I can't really see what it would be, if it wasn't Unix related. I'm running a Ubuntu Server, and I'm trying to execute a .php script on my website when someone presses a button. Although, when it gets to triggering the script, it just shows the script code, and does not actually run it. Do I need to install something in order to make this work? I can confirm that this works on an actual webspace. I appreciate any help I can get!

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You'll need to tell your webserver to execute php code, often by adding a handler for it. You may need to install something, you haven't given us a lot of detail about it so far like which web server you're trying to use (apache, nginx, lighttd, ...). Also, this question is probably better for Super User than here, since configuring a web server isn't really Linux specific. – Eric Renouf 2 days ago
    
Sorry. I'm using Apache2. – ApplePie 2 days ago
    
How will I tell it to execute the code? I am using "action="script.php" " right now. – ApplePie 2 days ago
    
Try going to the PHP install guide and start with step 7 (you can use apt-get to install php if it isn't already there instead of trying to build from source). Or the help page from Ubuntu – Eric Renouf 2 days ago
    
Thanks. I'll try it – ApplePie 2 days ago
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In order for Apache2 to handle php requests, you need to install php. Since you are using Ubuntu, you can install by issuing these commands:

sudo apt-get install php5

...and:

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5

You then need to enable the apache module with:

sudo a2enmod php5

You can of course install later versions of php if you desire, and if they are avialable for your Ubuntu version.

When you are done with the above, restart apache with:

sudo service apache2 restart

When you have done all of the above, try if your web server handles php correctly by putting something really basic* in the root directory of your web server like:

<?php
    echo "<h3>Hello!</h3>";
    echo "<p>This is printed from a php script</p>";
?>

Assuming the script above is in a file called hello.php, point your browser to it:
<your-ip-address>/hello.php If it works, it should look like this:

Hello!

This is printed from a php script


*I am generally not in favour of putting phpinfo() in a test page.

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Thanks for responding. When trying to execute the apt-get install commands, I get these errors: "E: Package 'NAME' has no installation candidate". I'm running a Ubuntu Server, but I don't think that matters. Are you able to help me out on why this is happening? I just ran apt-get update and upgrade. – ApplePie 2 days ago
    
It would be helpful if you could post the version of Ubuntu (lsb_release -a) you are using. Depending on that php5 may, or may not, be available. You may have a later version of php in the repositories for your Ubuntu version. – maulinglawns 2 days ago
    
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (Codename xenial) – ApplePie 2 days ago
    
I can't find the "libapache2-mod-php5" package though. Not php7 either. You able to help me at this point? – ApplePie 2 days ago
    
php7 should be available in Ubuntu 16.04. What happens when you try to install with sudo apt-get install php7.0? – maulinglawns 2 days ago

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