To remove the “index. php” from your site's URLs, you will first need to make sure your server is set up to pass would-be 404 requests off to Craft's index. php file behind the scenes. If you're running Apache, you can do that by creating a redirect in your site's .

PHP can control the execution of server-side code and display the output that the server sends to the browser. Most browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Edge, etc., also support it. PHP is mostly used for creating dynamic web pages, unlike HTML.

The packages for installing mod_php automatically enable the module for Apache HTTPD, and it's configured to work with . php and . phtml files. Dropping PHP files with these extensions into the document root of your server (or a configured virtual host) will recognize them and execute them using mod_php.

php files, put them in your web directory and the server will automatically parse them for you. There is no need to compile anything nor do you need to install any extra tools. Think of these PHP-enabled files as simple HTML files with a whole new family of magical tags that let you do all sorts of things.