embed php into index.htm

kappaluppa

I want to embed a php page into an index.htm file. do i have to rename the file to index.php3? i want the index page to come up when the website url is typed in without /index.php3 or /index.htm being typed after the url.

i am using dreamweaver and have tried

include(filename.php3)

and neither will work.

the file i'm inserting is a file derived from a mysql database.

Thanks!

fitzbean

your page will come up automatically if it is called index.php or index.html.

Anon

I think you just add a line into your httpd.conf

AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm .html

This line can force htm files to read php command. Hope this helpful

lxghak

Not true on all hosts!

If your host supports .htaccess files:

Just add a file called ".htaccess" and inside it:

DirectoryIndex index.php

Thats it! Make your index file "index.php" and you're set.

lxghak

Forgot.

If your host does not, simply do this:

index.htm:

<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=index.php">
</head>
<body>
Click <a href="index.php">here</a> if you are not redirected.
</body>