Mac OS Catalina webserver error : Forbidden You don't have permission to access this resource

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I have a problem with my localhost under mac OS Catalina; here is my error obtained, I followed this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVHFPzjp064 for the procedure to properly configure my local server, if you can help me solve this problem, maybe it is a security on new macs.

My error: 

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access this resource.

I thank you in advance

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2 Answers

The issue is that the php module is disabled in Catalina. You have to enable it in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf. Follow these steps.

  1. Open Terminal and type sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf. Enter password when prompted.
  2. Find #LoadModule php7_module libexec/apache2/libphp7.so and uncomment it (delete the leading #)
  3. To make Apache use index.php first,

scroll down and find the following

<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.html
</IfModule>

change to

<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
</IfModule>
  1. Press Control + X then Y to save changes. Press enter when prompted for filename
  2. Restart apache by typing sudo apachectl restart

Now your site root should work since php is enabled.

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Quick note to say that the httpd.conf is exactly the same in Big Sur, so the same changes as above need to be applied.

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