php with html extensions

Joan_Collins

Hi,

I've been looking into mod-rewrite methods for changing extensions on my page so that they look like static html pages (with an html extension), but so far, I've found only simplistic examples when simply renaming say, index.php to index.html.

My site operates on the following system:

index.php?page=listing&id=6

Which, via an htaccess DirectoryIndex entry, and exploding PATH_INFO, I've turned into:

index/listing/6

I would like to change this to:

index/listing/6.html

Does anybody know how to do this, either via mod-rewrite or any other means?

ps: Other areas of the same script have lengthier path queries - a method that would just throw ".html" at the end of the path would be absolutely ideal, but any other solutions are great too.

Thanks in advance for any help.

SpasePeepole

I believe you would have to add the extension to your php.ini file so it would run html extensions through php

bretticus

Actually, you should have a line in your httpd.conf file for Apache like:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3 .phtml .php .php4

If you don't have access you can insert this into a .htaccess file in your root directory.

Now just add .html or even .htm ...

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3 .phtml .php .php4 .html .htm

If it's your httpd.conf, restart Apache.

bretticus

Whoops, read the last reply without reading your original post very well.

So you are doing:

<Location /index>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Location>

or...

<Files index>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>

I pressume???

bretticus

Well I'm no pro with mod-rewrites (sounds fun though). I would just suggest something like:

list(,$page,$id) = explode("/",$_SERVER['PATH_INFO']);

$page = str_replace ( ".html", "", $page);
$id= str_replace ( ".html", "", $id);

and just tacking on .html to the end...which is not as cool as doing it mod-rewrite ;-)

bretticus

Actually where you have longer paths, this might be easier yet...

list(,strip_ext ($page),strip_ext ($id)) = explode("/",$_SERVER['PATH_INFO']);

//.......

function strip_ext ($var)
{
     return str_replace ( ".html", "", $var);
}