XAMPP Apache error AH01599: Cannot get media type from 'x-httpd-php53'

Question

I'm trying to setup Xampp on a Mac (OSX 10.10.2), its setup and normal PHP runs, however when I try and run a Wordpress site the PHP code doesn't execute, it just prints out in the browser and I keep getting this error in my Apache error logs:

[Wed Apr 01 19:01:27.833570 2015] [mime:warn] [pid 43890] AH01599: Cannot get media type from 'x-httpd-php53'

I've tried adding these lines suggested by others to both my .htaccess files and both httpd.conf files:

AddType x-httpd-php53 .php
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 .php

This hasn't changed anything though, any suggestions?

Thanks

Answer 1

You might be missing a module. Try running a2enmod php5 as root, restarting Apache, and then try again.

I had the same problem with an AddHandler cgi-script .pl, in which cas an a2enmod cgi helped.