Sounds like you're missing a php location block. You need to show us your config. Pastebin it

On Sep 25, 2010, at 5:25 PM, "feelexit" <nginx-forum@nginx.us> wrote:

> I have nginx, php 5 and php5-fpm installed on ubuntu 10.04 server
> edition.
>
> After I started the nginx server, I have no problem loading the regular
> html pages. but all .php pages cannot be viewed, firefox just pop out a
> window asking me if I wnat to download the file.
>
> I also tried IE, on IE, it just shows the source code.
>
> I checked both nginx and php5-fpm error log files, didn't see any
> errors. did I miss something during the configuration?
>
> I dont know if the problem is nginx or php5_fpm, I need someone to
> point me to the rite direction
>
> Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,134116,134116#msg-134116
>
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