Why I cannot use my apache server?

Question

Hi, I just installed apache server on my local machine. I executed the following command for that:

sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo apt-get install php5
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

However, if I put my test.php file in /var/www and open it with my browser I see nothing (I supposed to see "Hello, world!").

If I put test.txt file in this directory with "Hello". I see "Hello" in my browser. My PHP file contains the following.

<?php
print "Hellow, World";
?>

If I open this file with browser I see nothing (no error messages). May be the reason is that before I force browser to open php files by /user/bin/php? How can I remove this setting?

Answer 1

A few things to check.

• Do you see the "It works!" file apache creates?
• Were there any install errors with aptitute

• Check if the module is loaded

  apache2 -t -D DUMP_MODULES

Answer 2

1. You call it test.php at one point, and test.txt at another. Is it definitely named test.php?
2. What URL are you using to access the file? Are you using http://localhost/test.php, or file:///var/www/html/test.php?
3. At one point you say you see nothing, and at another point you say you see "It works"? Which is it?