Initially when I deployed my PHP code on ubuntu server, I asssumed whole PHP web application will work fine, but it was not.
I start getting this error PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file at Line 737.
After long introspection into code , executed following changes :
1. Open php.ini with nano in terminal
sudo nano /etc/php/php5.6/apache2/php.ini
2. Then change:
short_open_tag = Off to short_open_tag = On
3. Then save and then restart apache2:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
4. Modify the .conf file
The first thing we must do is modify the main Apache 2 configuration file. To do this, open a terminal window and issue the command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
With apache2.conf open, all you have to do is add the following to the bottom of the file:
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
Save and close apache2.conf.
5. Enable/disable modules
In order to get PHP to function properly, you have to disable the mpm_event module and enable the mpm_prefork and php7 modules. To do this, go back to your terminal window and issue the command:
sudo a2dismod mpm_event && sudo a2enmod mpm_prefork && sudo a2enmod php7.0
6. Restart Apache 2
You're ready to restart Apache 2. Because we've disabled/enabled modules, we have to do a full restart of Apache 2 (instead of a reloading of the configuration files). To restart Apache, go back to the terminal window and issue the command:
sudo service apache2 restart
You should now be able to point a browser to a PHP file and watch it execute properly, as opposed to saving to your local drive or displaying code in your browser.
That's it—Apache 2 should be functioning exactly as you need.
I start getting this error PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file at Line 737.
After long introspection into code , executed following changes :
1. Open php.ini with nano in terminal
sudo nano /etc/php/php5.6/apache2/php.ini
2. Then change:
short_open_tag = Off to short_open_tag = On
3. Then save and then restart apache2:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
4. Modify the .conf file
The first thing we must do is modify the main Apache 2 configuration file. To do this, open a terminal window and issue the command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
With apache2.conf open, all you have to do is add the following to the bottom of the file:
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
Save and close apache2.conf.
5. Enable/disable modules
In order to get PHP to function properly, you have to disable the mpm_event module and enable the mpm_prefork and php7 modules. To do this, go back to your terminal window and issue the command:
sudo a2dismod mpm_event && sudo a2enmod mpm_prefork && sudo a2enmod php7.0
6. Restart Apache 2
You're ready to restart Apache 2. Because we've disabled/enabled modules, we have to do a full restart of Apache 2 (instead of a reloading of the configuration files). To restart Apache, go back to the terminal window and issue the command:
sudo service apache2 restart
You should now be able to point a browser to a PHP file and watch it execute properly, as opposed to saving to your local drive or displaying code in your browser.
That's it—Apache 2 should be functioning exactly as you need.
