[FIXED] Enabling .so extension causes code to be downloaded rather than run

Issue

I'm trying to enable a PHP extension, but whenever I un-comment any extensions in my php.ini file it causes the code from a file to be downloaded whenever I try to run it in a browser.

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EDIT

I've added

LoadModule php5_module modules/sdo.so
AddHandler php5-script php
AddType application/x-httpd-php php

To the httpd.conf file but it is still not working.

Solution

If this is a PHP extension, which I assume is the Service Data Objects extension, then you're simply not enabling it correctly.

Extensions in PHP are enabled by editing php.ini and adding a line like so:

extension=sdo.so

What you're doing right now is loading the SDO extension as the php5_module, causing an invalid or inexistent Apache module to handle PHP files.

You don't have to edit any Apache configuration files to enable a PHP extension.

Answered By - netcoder