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[themuggle]

I acquired a hosting company from a friend, and I've been spending today moving their accounts onto a new server.

Well, the php on some of the accounts will not work. When you access a php extention, you're prompted to download a file.

Its not like this for all the accounts, just a few.

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

[UnderHost]

Did you get this problem with all PHP files or only for PHP4?
Are you actually sure apache and PHP are configured correctly?

[akeen]

Are you using Apache?

Sounds like the webserver is not set to hand that particular file extension off to the PHP interpreter to actually render the final output.

[Jedito]

check the .htaccess of the accounts having that problem.

[rankris]

check the versions of php on both the servers check whether necessary handlers present in .htaccess

[rumsfo]

What are control panels installed on the both sides? What about databases? Have you had any problems with moving them?

[themuggle]

Originally Posted by rankris

check the versions of php on both the servers check whether necessary handlers present in .htaccess

What handlers should I look for? I honestly let my server admin take care of all this stuff, but I want to see if I can fix this problem myself.. haha.

Um PHP5 is installed right now. So I think what i'll do is recompile apache to have both php4 and php5, and see if that fixes the problem?

Would it be an unwise decision to recompile apache while backups are transfering, or would it not make any difference?

[logicsupport]

Originally Posted by Streetwizard

Um PHP5 is installed right now. So I think what i'll do is recompile apache to have both php4 and php5, and see if that fixes the problem?

Would it be an unwise decision to recompile apache while backups are transfering, or would it not make any difference?

No, your recompilation will not affect your backup process. If you think php5 was loaded earlier, you could still make it working by adding the following line to your httpd.conf,

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 php

that renders the .php files through the php5 engine.

[themuggle]

Originally Posted by logicsupport

No, your recompilation will not affect your backup process. If you think php5 was loaded earlier, you could still make it working by adding the following line to your httpd.conf,

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 php

that renders the .php files through the php5 engine.

Isnt this possible to do in WHM? I moved houses last weekend and mediacomm wont be at my house to install my internet until monday. I'm using my work computer and I can't download putty :'( BUT im pretty sure you can edit the httpd in WHM? I just cant seem to find whereeeeee at.

[The-Pixel]

Originally Posted by Jedito

check the .htaccess of the accounts having that problem.

That is exactly what I thought at first.

[logicsupport]

Originally Posted by Streetwizard

Isnt this possible to do in WHM?

You could take this route,

Main >> Service Configuration >> Apache Configuration