PHP apache2 LAMP stopped working after enabling mod php

Question

Before enabling the mod, PHP was working fine. I'm trying to use the rewrite mod. I enabled mods-

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Also restarted apache and restarted the computer. This is my htaccess file-

RewriteEngine On

#Accept loading of actual files and folders
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}% !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}% !-d

#send everything else to index page
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url= [L,QSA]

This is the directory I added to the conf -

<Directory /var/www/html/folderwithhtaccessfile>
                    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                    AllowOverride All
                    Order allow,deny
                    allow from all
    </Directory> 
    <Directory /var/www/html/otherfolder>
                    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
                    AllowOverride None
                    Order allow,deny
                    allow from all
    </Directory>

This is my php file-

<label>hey hey hey</label>
<?php
echo "bla bla bla";
?>

When I run this command in the browser page, the result is -

<label>hey hey hey</label>
<?php
echo "bla bla bla";
?>

It seems that the php code is not read by the php preprocessor and served directly to the browser. Additionally, I had adjacent folders with php code that also stopped working, not just the folder with the htaccess file. What could be the problem? Any ideas?

This is a meeting-

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html

    <Directory /var/www/html/folderwithhtaccessfile>
                    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                    AllowOverride All
                    Order allow,deny
                    allow from all
    </Directory> 
    <Directory /var/www/html/otherfolder>
                    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
                    AllowOverride None
                    Order allow,deny
                    allow from all
    </Directory>


    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet

renew

I partially solved my problem by enabling php -

a2enmod php8.2

Now php is working fine. JavaScript works fine. CSS, on the other hand, doesn't work. The file is available and served, but no effect is visible.

Answer 1

I think your libapache2 seems to be missing:

try:

apt-get install libapache2-mod-php  -y

Then:

sudo systemctl restart apache2