PHP files get downloaded with Fast-CGI

[Ulrich_Mayr]

Hi there,

I'm trying to get something simple to work in Plesk. I just want to use Apache for PHP files with Fast-CGI and PHP 5.6. Everything works fine with Nginx and PHP-FPM but because of the restrictions, that Nginx can only use a systemwide PHP version, which is 5.3.3 in my case, I need Apache for that.

So the problem is that I get the .php files as download and Apache doesn't parse them.

A little background information:
Cent OS 6.6
Plesk 12.0.18 Update #49
PHP Versions 5.3.3 and 5.6.9
PHP Handles installed with this KB http://kb.odin.com/125146:

                  id:  display name:  full version:  version:    type:                        cgi-bin:                    php-cli:                        php.ini:  custom:
                  cgi          5.3.3          5.3.3       5.3      cgi                /usr/bin/php-cgi                                                /etc/php.ini    false
              fastcgi          5.3.3          5.3.3       5.3  fastcgi                /usr/bin/php-cgi                                                /etc/php.ini    false
               module          5.3.3          5.3.3       5.3   module                /usr/bin/php-cgi                                                /etc/php.ini    false
      plesk-php56-cgi          5.6.9          5.6.9       5.6      cgi  /opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/php-cgi  /opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/php  /opt/plesk/php/5.6/etc/php.ini     true
  plesk-php56-fastcgi          5.6.9          5.6.9       5.6  fastcgi  /opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/php-cgi  /opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/php  /opt/plesk/php/5.6/etc/php.ini     true

Hostingtemplates are default and I checked every configuration file I've found and searched the web for the last four hours but don't get it, I hope someone here can help me.

Thanks!
Ulrich

 

[UFHH01]

Hi Ulrich_Mayr,

please visit: PHP pages are offered to be downloaded instead of being displayed properly ( KB - article 114 187 )

or/and:

PHP pages are offered to be downloaded in FastCGI mode ( KB - article 125 314 )

 

[Ulrich_Mayr]

Hi there,

I already checked those:

the module is active in the Apache settings in Plesk.

and here are the lines from my /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.

#
# For type maps (negotiated resources):
# (This is enabled by default to allow the Apache "It Worked" page
#  to be distributed in multiple languages.)
#
AddHandler type-map var

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

 

[Ulrich_Mayr]

Ok, I'm very confused by this Plesk installation. It seems to work fine now, didn't changed any additional settings or files, looks like a caching thing or something like that...

 

[24x7serversupports]

Hi, this happens due to php version miss match. Number of time we found that custom version is set in .htaccess files and due to that files gets downloaded. Simply commenting out can fix the issue. Also setting required version from plesk panel will help as well.