Unable to enter maintenance mode, upload media files, or even check status

thank you for your help @sturtz_nate

I am back, what happens if you remove php? apt remove php ?

I know why apache2 is not giving error in the log file.

@sturtz_nate I removed php using the command you gave. php -v still shows php 7.0.33 installed. as far as i can tell, my nextcloud is unchanged

ok, you are using snap?

yes i am using snap

ok, I do not think that snap uses apache2, I don’t know