Unlike most other operating systems, the httpd provided in Solus is [stateless](https://clearlinux.org/features/stateless), enabling us to provide out-of-the-box vendor configuration via `/usr/share/defaults/httpd/`, while still enabling the system administrator (*or a user with the appropriate permissions*) to override the vendor configuration via the system-wide configuration location, `/etc`.
Therefore, to make modifications to httpd's configuration, you must first create the directories `/etc/httpd/conf.d/` and create your own *.conf files, which will override the vendor-provided configuration files.
**Note:** Modification of the **vendor** configuration files may result in your changes being overwritten during the next update to httpd.
To get PHP working, install it from the Software Center or via terminal:
``` bash
sudo eopkg install php
```
Because PHP is loaded via FPM and FastCGI and not via an Apache module, to enable PHP you must create a new file, `/etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf`, with the following lines:
