On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 4:09 PM Bill Wiest <bill.wi...@maglin.com> wrote:

> Hi Frank
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> Your suggestions resolved. I thought I’d mention,  I did a search for
> AddHanler php apache  and got to the below page on Apache Lounge which
> addresses this very problem:
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> https://www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?t=9247
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> Thanks so much for your help!
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> *From:* Frank Gingras <thu...@apache.org>
> *Sent:* October 24, 2024 1:58 PM
> *To:* users@httpd.apache.org
> *Subject:* Re: [users@httpd] Apache 2.4.62 placing web pages for virtual
> hosts in Downloads folder
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> On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 1:42 PM Bill Wiest <bill.wi...@maglin.com> wrote:
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> Hi Frank
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> Thanks for responding.
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> I can use any of
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> http://localhost
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> http://localhost/
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> http://localhost/index.html
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> Each of these results in the web page (index,html in this case) being
> deposited in Downloads. The index.html here is just:
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> <html><body><h1>It works!</h1></body></html>
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> I have a php file in the main server root (=localhost virtual host) called
> 1.php. I runs phpinfo() with no issues
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> http://localhost/1.php
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> I have a few other PHP files there which all run fine. One, called 7.php
> has a PHP block at the top which echoes the word “Hi” followed by a web
> page. So, I assume there is no issue with my PHP setup, which I did not
> alter from using versipn 2.4.12 of Apache – I just copied the PHP config
> info from the .12 httpd.conf to the .62 httpd.conf, which includes the
> addition of these AddTypes:
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> AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html .phtml .php3 .inc .conf
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> AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
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> Do these need to be added into each virtual host definition file now?
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> Thanks!
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> *From:* Frank Gingras <thu...@apache.org>
> *Sent:* October 24, 2024 12:26 PM
> *To:* users@httpd.apache.org
> *Subject:* Re: [users@httpd] Apache 2.4.62 placing web pages for virtual
> hosts in Downloads folder
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> *CAUTION:* This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not
> click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know
> the content is safe.
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> On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 12:09 PM Bill Wiest <bill.wi...@maglin.com> wrote:
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> Hi there
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> We currently use Apache 2.4.12 (Win32) with PHP 5.6.10 and need to
> upgrade. I am working on getting Apache 2.4.62 running but have a problem
> with the  named virtual hosts which work fine under 2.4.12. The web pages
> for these hosts are being placed into my Downloads folder instead of being
> displayed.
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> Troubleshooting:
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> I had to make adjustments in my vhosts.conf file, removing some directives
> in the <Directory> blocks which are no longer valid.
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> It appears to be the case that the top Server root has to defined as
> follows
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> Define SRVROOT "c:/Apache24"
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> ServerRoot "${SRVROOT}"
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> This made me wonder if I needed to replace “c:/Apache” in DocumentRoot
> specifications with “${SRVROOT}”, but this made no difference and the
> Apache docs don’t indicate this is required. The web pages still get placed
> in my Downloads folder.
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> In 2.4.13 you have to use the NameVirtualHost directive in httpd.conf  but
> this has no effect in 2.4.62, as an error message reported, so I commented
> it out.
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> I tried extensive searching of Google, but the only thing I found that was
> pertinent was this post
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> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35057325/virtual-host-in-apache-downloads-the-file-instead-of-displaying-it
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> which went unanswered.
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> I have not found anything in the virtual host setup documentation, such as
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> https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/examples.html
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> which gives me any clues as to why the web pages are being downloaded
> instead of displayed.
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> I have sent an email to   users-...@httpd.apache.org to find if there is
> a FAQ that might reference this issue. The response was:
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> “Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the users@httpd.apache.org
> mailing list.
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> FAQ - Frequently asked questions of the users@httpd.apache.org list.
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> None available yet.”
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> I searched in Google's usenet for virtual host and apache 2.4.62 but
> nothing related to this issue shows up.
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> I tried to see if anything related to the subject “virtualhost” was
> referenced in the archive for this list using this email and got this
> response
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> “-----Original Message-----
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> From: users-h...@httpd.apache.org <users-h...@httpd.apache.org>
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> Sent: October 23, 2024 2:48 PM
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> To: Bill Wiest <bill.wi...@maglin.com>
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> Subject: users Digest of: thread.virtualhost
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> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not
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> Sorry, that message is not in the archive.”
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> I even thought that perhaps the vhosts were not being set up at all, so I
> tried to telnet to each on port 80. They exist!
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> Each host is set up like the below in vhosts.conf. Some have a Serveralias
> specified, otherwise identical to the below.
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> <VirtualHost *:80>
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> Servername localhost
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> DocumentRoot "C:/Apache24/htdocs"
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> <IfModule dir_module>
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>     DirectoryIndex index.phtml index.php index.html
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> </IfModule>
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> ErrorLog "c:/Apache24/logs/localhost_error.log"
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> CustomLog "c:/Apache24/logs/localhost_access.log" combined
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> <Directory "c:/Apache24/htdocs">
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>         AllowOverride AuthConfig Options Limit
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>         Options None
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> </Directory>
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> </virtualHost>
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> I’ve used Apache, on both Linux and Windows boxes for many years and have
> never come across thi issue. Is it a bug in version 2.4.62? Am I just
> brain-dead and missing something obvious?
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> Any help is appreciated!
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> Try requesting the html or php resource directly instead of ending the URI
> with /, so you can narrow down which resource is being served with the
> wrong content type in the response.
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> If the culprit is the .php file, then your php interpreter isn't set up
> properly.
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> If the culprit is the .html file, then you need to use the AddType
> directive to set the appropriate response.
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> You do NOT want to use the following directives for php, that's been
> outdated advice for over 20 years:
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> AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html .phtml .php3 .inc .conf
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> AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
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> AddType is for *static* content, such as .html files, or .css files.
> Further, setting application/x-httpd-php for .html files is COMPLETELY
> wrong.  Your html files should be fully static, and your php content should
> only reside in .php files.
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> For php, use:
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> https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler
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> As for your static content, you should be using the mimes.type file first,
> and load it as such:
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> TypesConfig /path/to/mimes.types.file
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> You can add static entries, as such, if not part of the mimes.type file:
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> AddType text/html .html
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>  I have a strong suspicion that you followed some very outdated or
> misleading tutorial.  Don't do that.
>

Indeed, and it's unfortunate that folks still use directives from 20 years
ago in recent installations.

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