Solved FreeBSD 13 Apache24 breaks with PHP 8

[eepete]

I've been unable to find anything on this. I had Apache running just fine with PHP 7.4.25 When I upgraded to PHP 8, I could not get the LoadModule for php8 to load (or find it).
FreeBSD Version: 13.0-RELEASE
Apache24 Version: Apache/2.4.51 (FreeBSD)
PHP Version: PHP 8.0.12 (cli) (built: Oct 24 2021 01:19:09) ( NTS )

The entry in httpd.conf that used to work:

LoadModule php7_module        libexec/apache24/libphp7.so

I also installed the following package, but don't know where it ended up or how to "point" apache to it:

pkg install mod_php80

Spending the day trying to figure this out, it seems that PHP 8 made major changes in where and how the LoadModule functionality is done. Lots of partial answers out there but no clear "Here's how to make it work". This seem like it should be a common problem ? TIA

 

[Alain De Vos]

I seem to have a line

LoadModule php_module         libexec/apache24/libphp.so

pkg which /usr/local/libexec/apache24/libphp.so

/usr/local/libexec/apache24/libphp.so was installed by package mod_php80-8.0.12

 

[eepete]

That got it, Thanks !
Didn't think to/know to give the full pathname to the "pkg which". Dropping the major version number confuses things, at least for me...

 

[julp]

As pointed out by Alain De Vos, they dropped major version number in Apache's module name:

Apache2Handler ¶​

The PHP module has been renamed from php7_module to php_module.

Source: Migrating from PHP 7.4.x to PHP 8.0.x > Other changes