Title: HTML source code after restoring backup
Last modified: April 11, 2018
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# HTML source code after restoring backup
* Resolved [lotharkoch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lotharkoch/)
* (@lotharkoch)
* [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-source-code-after-restoring-backup/)
* Hello,
* I restored a backup of a multisite (basically only one site yet) to my local
system (MAMP). When opening, the browser instead of showing the website, it only
shows the html source code. (Mac Chrome, Safari) Firefox instead of showing the
site offers to download it.
When i save this file as index.html into the root
directory of the website, the browser kind of shows it correctly! (Some plugins
then are not working)
* Have you any idea? If you want i can send you the archive!
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* [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
* (@corylamleorg)
* [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-source-code-after-restoring-backup/#post-10172186)
* Hey [@lotharkoch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lotharkoch/),
* If you just seeing plain text/code on the screen the simple fix most of the time
is to open the httpd.conf or .htaccess file and add the following lines:
* > AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html
> AddHandler x-httpd-php .php.
> htm .html
* It will be different on your setup so whatever platform your using XAMPP/MAMP/
SUSE etc. along with the term AddType php and there should be some posts that
explain exactly how to set it up.
* Hope this help~
* Thread Starter [lotharkoch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lotharkoch/)
* (@lotharkoch)
* [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-source-code-after-restoring-backup/#post-10172802)
* Hey Cory,
thank you very much for your quick and helpful response!
* I’m using MAMP. Adding those two lines to the apache httpd.conf (and restarting
the server) did’nt have any effect for me.
* Adding those two lines to the .htaccess of the WP installation, didn’t help either.
It then offers me to download the page immediatly, even in Chrome. (Same in FireFox,
Safari and Edge on Windows)
* As i said, when downloading the file as index.html (and storing it at the root
of WP), the webserver interprets the page as a website (html) and renders it
correctly. But the same happens, if i save it as index.php! So it apparently
it’s not an issue of interpreting php!
* I experience the same behavior when restoring/migrating a backup with the “WP
Migrate DB” plugin. Text/code instead of rendered website! (WP Migrate DB only
transfers the DB.)
* BUT i do NOT experience this behavior, when restoring/migrating with the “UpdraftPlus”
plugin.
* You certainly now both plugins. Maybe this additional information helps?
* I appreciate your help a lot! And i could supply you with my backup files, if
you want. Just let me know!
* Have a nice day!
Lothar
* [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
* (@corylamleorg)
* [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-source-code-after-restoring-backup/#post-10176374)
* Hey Lothar,
* If you want to submit a [support ticket](https://snapcreek.com/ticket) for this
issue I can have a closer look at your setup. Please provide a link to this thread
when submitting the ticket so I’ll have some context…
* Cheers~
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* [restoration](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/restoration/)
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* Last reply from: [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
* Last activity: [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-source-code-after-restoring-backup/#post-10176374)
* Status: resolved