PHP in userdir not working

Question

My /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/userdir.conf file looks like:

<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
        UserDir /var/zpanel/hostdata/*/public_html/
        UserDir disabled root

        <Directory /var/zpanel/hostdata/*/public_html/*>
                AllowOverride All
                Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
                <Limit GET POST OPTIONS>
                        # Apache <= 2.2:
                        Order allow,deny
                        Allow from all

                        # Apache >= 2.4:
                        # Require all granted
                </Limit>
                <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
                        # Apache <= 2.2:
                        Order deny,allow
                        Deny from all

                        # Apache >= 2.4:
                        #Require all denied
                </LimitExcept>
        </Directory>
</IfModule>

And file /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.conf

<FilesMatch ".+\.ph(p[345]?|t|tml)$">
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch ".+\.phps$">
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source
    # Deny access to raw php sources by default
    # To re-enable it's recommended to enable access to the files
    # only in specific virtual host or directory
   Require all denied
</FilesMatch>
# Deny access to files without filename (e.g. '.php')
<FilesMatch "^\.ph(p[345]?|t|tml|ps)$">
    Require all denied
</FilesMatch>

# Running PHP scripts in user directories is disabled by default
#
# To re-enable PHP in user directories comment the following lines
# (from <IfModule ...> to </IfModule>.) Do NOT set it to On as it
# prevents .htaccess files from disabling it.


#<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
#    <Directory /var/zpanel/hostdata/*/public_html/*>
#        php_admin_value engine On
#    </Directory>
#</IfModule>

But php not working when in accessing web site via userdir. www.example.com/~admin When i access via domain then it works. I have zPanel installed

Server version: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu)

Answer 1

In my /etc/apache2/mods-available/php7.0.conf I have this section

# Running PHP scripts in user directories is disabled by default   
#                                                                  
# To re-enable PHP in user directories comment the following lines 
# (from <IfModule ...> to </IfModule>.) Do NOT set it to On as it  
# prevents .htaccess files from disabling it.                      
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>                                           
    <Directory /home/*/public_html>                                
        php_admin_flag engine Off                                  
    </Directory>                                                   
</IfModule>                                                        

I think now you know what to do.

Answer 2

Try the following actions:

• Make sure mod_userdir is enabled (a2enmod userdir).

• The $HOME and public_html dirs have the right read permissions.

  sudo -Hu SOMEUSER sh -c 'chmod 755 $HOME $HOME/public_html'
  

• Make sure php_admin_value engine is On.

  sudo vim /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php*.conf
  

  Then find the line containing php_admin_flag and change it to:

  php_admin_flag engine On
  

  This is due that PHP is disabled by default for user dirs for Apache 2.

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In your particular case, you've to uncomment the following lines:

<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
    <Directory /var/zpanel/hostdata/*/public_html/*>
        php_admin_value engine On
    </Directory>
</IfModule>