About .php extension

[jaddy]

hi, simply 2 questions:

1- Which is better to use for saving our scripts, .php or .php3?

2- Is it wrong to save a pure HTML file with .php, I mean does it cost time to be loaded or have any other disadvantages?

thx

[examancer]

file extensions have absolutely no effect on server load. and which one to use is just a personal preference. I use .php, cause its short, and won't be outdated by future php revisions (ex: i'm sure plenty of people had to go through and change everything from .php3 to .php4 when they went to php 4., and they'll have to do it again with php 5.).

[richie]

You can save pure html file with a php extension without added server load.

All code in a .php file is processed by your web server, until the server encounters <?php, or <?. At which time it surrenders processing to php zend engine for processing. PHP engine gives back processing to your web server when ?> is encountered.

Hence, if you do not have any php identifier, it means your web server will process all html code, as it would if the file extension were .html.

Richie.

[the_Igel]

False.

If you give a html file .php extension, there will be additional server load.

Right because server parses all your .php files in look for <?php ?> tags, it costs some resources, while .html files are passed to browser without any parsing.

As about .php and .php3, it doesn't matter since your server is configured to understand both of 'em. If not...