Since I was installing PHP as a dynamic Apache module, Apache had to be installed before PHP. While Apache is installed by default in most Linux distributions, it may not support dynamic modules.

Hestia is a web-based GUI for configuring NGINX, Apache, and PHP-FPM. Jack Wallen shows you how to get this up and running on Ubuntu Server 20.04.

Learn how to troubleshoot Apache 2 when it's not executing PHP files with this easy-to-follow, step-by-step tutorial.