Apache2 keeps downloading index.php

[tatsumara]

hi!
I know this sounds more like an apache2 question but i have tried literally every solution there is online.
i am simply lacking the knowledge of how apache2 works so i can't really improvise here.
solutions i've tried are:

• manually setting the application type in several config files

• reinstalling everything

• tried multiple php versions

and now i simply don't know what else i could do.

any help is appreciated!!

[Osiris]

Just use CentOS7 you can do 99% of the config using yum. Then you only need to tune MariaDB and make two small changes to php.ini and install. There are boat loads of tutorials on YouTube.

[netniV]

You simply haven't enabled PHP in the apache configurtation which is normally done for you so maybe you removed something by accident.