Configuring <application><acronym>PHP</acronym></application> Config files /etc/php.ini, /etc/pear.conf Configuration Information To enable PHP support in the Apache web server, a new AddType directive must be added to the httpd.conf file: AddType application/x-httpd-php .php Also, it can be useful to add an entry for index.php to the DirectoryIndex directive of the httpd.conf file.