The default Debian libapache2-mod-php5 package now disables the PHP
engine on ~/public_html directories when mod_userdir is enabled, for
security reasons. Although discouraged, it can be re-enabled by
commenting the <IfModule mod_userdir.c> block in
/etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.conf
From NEWS.Debian:
php5 (5.3.1-3) unstable; urgency=low
* mod_php disabled in userdirs.
The default Debian libapache2-mod-php5 package now disables the PHP apache2/ mods-available/ php5.conf
engine on ~/public_html directories when mod_userdir is enabled, for
security reasons. Although discouraged, it can be re-enabled by
commenting the <IfModule mod_userdir.c> block in
/etc/