I'm trying to use PHP 7 on digitalocean but the scripts inside files won't run.
This is what I used for install:
sudo apt-get install php7 libapache2-mod-php7 php7-mcrypt
I can do php --version and I get:
PHP 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 (cli) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3, Copyright (c) 1999-2016, by Zend Technologies
But when I check a file with <?php echo "test"; ?> on the browser it just shows <?php echo "test"; ?> not test. Wat do?
It is php7.0 not php7.
Just checked on DO Ubuntu 16.04.1 x64 image:
apt-get install apache2
apt-get -y install php7.0 libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mcrypt
systemctl restart apache2
Are you opening your file directly or running inside the Apache web server folder? (example: you'll must access http://localhost/nameofthefile.php in the browser)
Does your file have the ".php" extension?
If will most probably be your you Nginx or Apache settings?
The guide below should help you out.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-in-ubuntu-16-04?utm_source=legacy_reroute
