1.0 Error
PHP code was not getting executed in the index.html file when the concerned website was opened in a browser. nginx server was being used to serve the web pages.
2.0 Solution
2.1 Install php7.0-fpm
$ sudo apt-get install php7.0-fpm
2.2 nginx configuration
Add the following lines to the nginx configuration file, /etc/nginx.conf.
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
}
Restart the nginx server.
$ sudo systemctl restart nginx
2.3 Rename file
Rename index.html to index.php.
$ mv index.html index.php
