Can't run PHP file with apache2

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

I want to set up php on my machine but I can't make it work. This is what I did:

1. I downloaded php with sudo apt-get php
2. Installed Apache sudo apt install apache2
3. Resterted server sudo service apache2 restart
4. Both http://localhost/ and php -v work as the should

But when I try to run a basic php file it doesn't work. For example in /var/www/html I have following test.html file:

set="UTF-8">




php
echo '
 HEY 
';
?>

But when I type in my browser http://localhost/test.html I get some garbage:

HEY
'; ?>

What am I doing wrong?