How to set index.php as default page in apache linux rhel

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I tried to set index.php as a default page in my PHP project which is running on apache. I edited httpd.conf file in path etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

<ifmodule dir_module="">
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

Also, I did

DirectoryIndex index.php /var/www/html/index.php

but still, it doesn't load the index.php file but it loads the index.html file. Any clue to solve this issue. What am I doing wrong here.

What I have tried:

<ifmodule dir_module="">
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

DirectoryIndex index.php /var/www/html/index.php

Posted 15-Sep-21 9:43am

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Updated 15-Sep-21 11:46am

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Peter_in_2780 · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-15T11:46:00

Simple.
The DirectoryIndex directive will use the first file it can find of the ones you list. So

DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

will use index.html if it exists, before it looks for index.php.

As always, it pays to read the mod_dir - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4 documentation[^], which spells this out clearly.