Apache2 Not Running Custom PHP App After Uploading to /var/www/html folder

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I am installing a software that I bought. It's in PHP. So, I got a DigitalOcean server(ubuntu 22.04). Installed Apache2 and PHP 8.1.

Now, when I upload files to /var/www/html folder, it does nothing even though it has the index.php files.

After a bit of research, I found out it was permission issue. So, I ran these commands.

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
chmod -R g+rwX /var/www/html

After this, now, index.php works. it even redirects to installer, but the page says Not Found.

I tried running this software locally using XAMPP and it works. But it's not runnong when I upload it to VPS. What should I do to make it work?

Thanks.

Does the directory install exist? If yes, try if it works if you add a trailing / in the URL. If not, there may be a .htaccess file missing. — Gerald Schneider, Commented Mar 28 at 14:12
software that I bought - if you bought it you are entitled to support. Use it. — Gerald Schneider, Commented Mar 28 at 14:13

Tero Kilkanen · Accepted Answer · 2024-03-28 15:16:55Z

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Most likely you missed copying the hidden .htaccess file to the server, that contains the rewrite rules for your application.

answered Mar 28 at 15:16

Tero Kilkanen

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