Use .php4 file extension?

[rdhuff]

My host (Earthlink) uses .php4 as the file extension for all PHP scripts. How can I configure my development environment to use .php4 so that I don't have to rename all files and file references in my PHP code?

Development env. Win XP Pro, build 2600 SP-1; IIS - PHP Version 4.3.3

Host: Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) FrontPage/5.0.2.2623 - PHP Version 4.1.2.

Thks,
Dana

[Moonglobe]

in your httpd.conf file (usually C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\conf\httpd.conf) look for something like

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

just add .php4 to the end of the list, then restart apache.

hth,
moon

[mzanimephp]

Yeah, what he said. 🙂

[Weedpacket]

You might also want to check with Earthlink and make sure you can't use .php - using .php4 is a little strange by today's standards, because it will only cause trouble later when PHP5 becomes more common....

[rdhuff]

Thanks everyone for the input but nobody was quite right-on. I wanted to modify my development environment under WinXp/IIS, not the host environment running Apache. I actually found the answer in the PHP documentation, though it was a bit vague in places, it did cover everything I needed to do to enable the '.php4' suffix on my system - some IIS parameters, a couple of registry tweaks. "When all else fails, read the manual."

I might investigate the possibility of Earthlink using '.php' instead of '.php4' but having looked at a number of threads on dealing with Earthlink tech support, they appear to be clueless about anything regarding PHP, even the need to use the .php4 suffix. (I have tried using '.php' - doesn't work.)

Thanks again!