info.php starts to download instead of opening

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HI , I setting up LEMP on Ubuntu 14.04 by using this tutorial , https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-ubuntu-14-04

I am also hosting 2 domain name on a single droplet . I have successfully setup Nginx virtual host .

Any idea why does info.php download rather than opening. Can you guys guide me on how to troubleshoot the issue .

Kamal Nasser · Answer

You need to uncomment the lines, as in delete the # at the beginning of each line. So it should look like this:

#pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000

location ~ .php$ {
 fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(/.+)$;
 # NOTE: You should have “cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;” in php.ini

 try_files $uri =404;
 # With php5-cgi alone:
 fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
 # With php5-fpm:
 fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
 fastcgi_index index.php;
 include fastcgi_params;
}

josstech · Answer

HI Andrew ,
please see below my Ngix configuration .

# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
#
#location ~ .php$ {
# fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(/.+)$;
# # NOTE: You should have “cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;” in php.ini
#
try_files $uri =404;
# # With php5-cgi alone:
# fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
# # With php5-fpm:
# fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
# fastcgi_index index.php;
# include fastcgi_params;

is it correct ? looks the same to me , I am not sure . What do you think Andrew.

Andrew SB · Answer

Hi Joss!

Could you post your Nginx configuration? The location block should look something like:


 location ~ .php$ {
 try_files $uri =404;
 fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(/.+)$;
 fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
 fastcgi_index index.php;
 include fastcgi_params;
 }

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info.php starts to download instead of opening