Apache 2.4 on Ubuntu 14 refuses to load index.php even though PHP loads.

Question

My apache won’t load a index.php one one of my vhosts not even if I type in example.com/index.php. I have two and one works fine.

The second vhost is my issue.

Any help would be appreciated, idk what changed between apache and php version but I am missing something. Any help would be appreciated.

I am posting both vhosts below exact copies.

First one: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost ServerName domain1.com ServerAlias www.domain1.com DocumentRoot /var/www/domain1.com/htdocs DirectoryIndex index.php <Directory /> AllowOverride All </Directory> <Directory /var/www/domain1.com/htdocs> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride all Require all granted </Directory> ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/domain1.com-error.log LogLevel error CustomLog /var/log/apache2/domain1.com-access.log combined

<IfModule security2_module> SecRuleEngine Off </IfModule>

phpMyAdmin default Apache configuration

Alias /ms /usr/share/phpmyadmin

<Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin> Options FollowSymLinks DirectoryIndex index.php

<IfModule mod_php5.c> AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off php_flag track_vars On php_flag register_globals Off php_admin_flag allow_url_fopen Off php_value include_path . php_admin_value upload_tmp_dir /var/lib/phpmyadmin/tmp php_admin_value open_basedir /usr/share/phpmyadmin/:/etc/phpmyadmin/:/var/lib/phpmyadmin/:/usr/share/php/php-gettext/:/usr/share/javascript/ </IfModule>

</Directory>

Authorize for setup

<Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin/setup> <IfModule mod_authn_file.c> AuthType Basic AuthName “phpMyAdmin Setup” AuthUserFile /etc/phpmyadmin/htpasswd.setup </IfModule> Require valid-user </Directory>

Disallow web access to directories that don’t need it

<Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries> Order Deny,Allow Deny from All </Directory> <Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin/setup/lib> Order Deny,Allow Deny from All </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Second one:

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost ServerName domain2.com ServerAlias www.domain2.com DocumentRoot /var/www/domain2.com <IfModule dir_module> DirectoryIndex index.html DirectoryIndex index.php </IfModule> <Directory /> AllowOverride All </Directory> <Directory /var/www/domain2.com> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews DirectoryIndex index.php AllowOverride all Require all granted </Directory> ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/domain2.com-error.log LogLevel debug CustomLog /var/log/apache2/domain2.com-access.log combined </VirtualHost>

Jonathan Tittle · Answer

@GrowShall

The primary difference between the two VirtualHost configurations is in your second one:

<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.html
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>

Your locking the DirectoryIndex definition inside an IfModule wrapper, whereas in the first VH, you’ve defined the DirectoryIndex just below your DocumentRoot definition.

If the dir_module is not enabled, then in the second VirtualHost, the DirectoryIndex will never be defined.

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Ideally, if your website is powered by PHP, then define index.php first and index.html second and remove the IfModule wrapper.