This does not work. Ideas ?

dcharlier

I am trying to embed the php into the html. However, it does not seem to work : I only see the html ...

test.html :

<html>
<head>
<title>My first PHP Page</title>
</head>
<body> This is normal HTML code
<?phpinfo();?>
Back into normal HTML
</body>
</html>

Thanks in advance !!!

leatherback

Hi,

Try using .php as extention.

You are running PhP server, I assume?

dcharlier

OK, then it works.

But is there a way to have a html file with php code inside ?

Many Thanks

Dirk

leatherback

Hi,

you can place as much HTML in your .PHP page as you would like. But as far as I know, only files with extention .php will be treated as containing PHP coding. But maybe other people know more about this.

dcharlier

Originally posted by leatherback
Hi,

you can place as much HTML in your .PHP page as you would like. But as far as I know, only files with extention .php will be treated as containing PHP coding. But maybe other people know more about this.

J.

leatherback

hi,

Seems like you see this as a real problem, so I checked my manual.

Translation from dutch:

.. Usually the files do not have .html or .htm as extention, but .php, .php3 or .phtml. Through this extention the webserver knows to call a PhP - preprocessor befor sending the files to the client.

So I am assuming your webserver has to be set to process also .html files as containing php code. Otherwise you'll have to give them a php extention.

Just out of curiosity.. Why is it importwant to you to give them a .html extention?

laserlight

well, I think that if .html is enabled as a PHP extension, non-php html pages may load slightly slower, though when I tested with my own webserver this didnt seem very noticeable, if it is true.

in my case I tested with apache, so I changed httpd.conf from
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml
to
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml .html

I'm not much of a system admin, so I cant describe in detail what one should do.