Php file downloading instead of executing

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21 Apr 2017 Hello,. In my server am using apache. once i have changed it to nginx, the php files starts to download instead of executing it. So i have 

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Re: CGI files are downloading, not executing by jeffa0 » Fri Aug 15, 2014 3:06 am Hi all, users solution wasn't actually a fix to the original problem, I've had this issue for 3 days but knew there must have been an easier way to fix this. Enter your email and we will send you instructions on how to reset your password. Reset × Forget password. Reset. Edit your Answer Click on Kill Processes button in order to kill all active PHP processes. Once you have done that all of the active PHP Processes will be terminated and your new settings on your custom php.ini file will start to take effect. I was also able to identify the cause of some of php files in wp-admin directory downloading instead of opening. D:\ServerRoot\www\php\redirect.php is the file i was trying to use Any ideas why it downloads it (i tried to include as much info as possible!) Thanks in Advance It is very possible if access to your server via FTP or SSH is compromised, your whole app can in fact be downloaded. But if it is through the browser it might be possible if your server is not correctly configured e.g your PHP files are given an Running php files with the help of xampp package. Visit my site for more use full information related to this tutorial. http://videoant.com/ browser tries to download .php files instead of executing them - PHP Development. I'm running Redhat 9 and just upgraded from PHP 4.2.x to 4.3.1 and no when I try to execute a script on my local server here it opens a window to try and download any .php files.

Rather than fixing the domain that was downloading php files, it made all my sites download php files. I noticed output Saving server details for each of the modified domains, during the execution of that command. Is there some way to reverse this so I can get the websites working again? I'm a new to this live server thing but for .html it worked perfectly fine! But now when I want to use it for .php it want's me to download it instead of executing it. How can I fix it? I'm using Firefox and my settings.json is: `{ "live Also note that if you have a .htaccess file in the same folder as your php script, it could be the reason for some execution problems. For example, if you got a copy of the site files from another server, your htaccess file could have a line like: AddHandler x-httpd-php5-3 .php But in your actual server you may be running another version of PHP I have a phpinfo.php file which I am trying to run by browsing to it using browser but the browser downloads the file instead of executing it. phpinfo.php I followed Hiya guys. This maybe a very stupid question, but, I've searched everywhere for a possible solution. Sometimes when I log out or try to access the index.php page, the browser tries to download it as opposed to opening it. i.e. sometimes a dialog box appears saying "downloading file" and it downloads index.php, asks if I want to open/close or cancel. PHP is not being handled correctly. Trying to access a PHP page, it asks to download it, instead of executing it. The issue appears in case PHP set as FPM application served by Apache. Cause. Plesk psa-phpfpm-configurator package is outdated. Resolution. Upgrade psa-phpfpm-configurator package using Plesk Installer: via CLI:

I had the same issue and none of the answers solved the problem. I ran: sudo nginx -t to test the config file at /etc/nginx/sites-available/default.

Or you are using a different extension i.e. your php file is not like this 'filename.php' Check that the actual filename has a .php extension and not xxx.php.txt Its always best to change explorers default config to uncheck the 'hide extensions of known file types' so you see exactly what the file name is on disk Re: CGI files are downloading, not executing by jeffa0 » Fri Aug 15, 2014 3:06 am Hi all, users solution wasn't actually a fix to the original problem, I've had this issue for 3 days but knew there must have been an easier way to fix this. Enter your email and we will send you instructions on how to reset your password. Reset × Forget password. Reset. Edit your Answer Click on Kill Processes button in order to kill all active PHP processes. Once you have done that all of the active PHP Processes will be terminated and your new settings on your custom php.ini file will start to take effect. I was also able to identify the cause of some of php files in wp-admin directory downloading instead of opening. D:\ServerRoot\www\php\redirect.php is the file i was trying to use Any ideas why it downloads it (i tried to include as much info as possible!) Thanks in Advance It is very possible if access to your server via FTP or SSH is compromised, your whole app can in fact be downloaded. But if it is through the browser it might be possible if your server is not correctly configured e.g your PHP files are given an

I admit up front to being a noob on WAMP, and being spoiled a bit by the fact that most everything today is a simple "install and run" proposition.

If you are prompted to download a .php file instead of executing it, then here is the perfect solution: I assume that you have installed PHP5 already and

When I turned this on, this is what prompted to download the php files instead of executing them. AllowOverride All With no success, I turned it back off to none. However, I went to my vhosts config file instead, and there too, they also have a directory tag. It did not have AllowOveride in it, so I decided to add it.