apache not returning index.php as default

Question

I recently made a DigitalOcean droplet with LAMP pre-installed. Went and uploaded my website (including index.php) to /var/www

Apache just returns the It Works! page, I have to manually add /index.php to my url

Things I have tried:

Made an .htaccess file containing "DirectoryIndex index.php"
Adding DirectoryIndex index.php to apache2.conf
Set index.php first in dir.conf
Making an index.html, didn't show that either.

EDIT: here's my apache2.conf file: http://pastebin.com/BMgiNdiD

whats in your apache2.conf? what directory has been set? Also you have set index.PHP to the directory index so a .html page will not override the php index page — Liam Sorsby
– Liam Sorsby, Commented Jan 27, 2014 at 18:45

ghopst · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-27 19:00:24Z

1

You are missing following configuration:

#
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
# is requested.
#
<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.pl index.cgi index.asp index.shtml index.html index.htm \
               default.php default.pl default.cgi default.asp default.shtml default.html \
               default.htm home.php home.pl home.cgi home.asp home.shtml home.html home.htm
</IfModule>

answered Jan 27, 2014 at 19:00

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