php inside html

chalexan

Can someone tell me how to configure apache to make php work inside html?

Right now to get php and html to work together, I have to put my html code inside my php file, or rename my html file to php which hasn't been a problem until now. I am in the process of adding htmlarea (WYSIWYG editor) and all of their files are in html and they do not work on my server. I can make them work by changing the html file to php, but I found out quick that everything references everything and most of the functionality is not working. It seems to maybe an easier task just to properly set up my server.

Thanks

Kudose

Um...I thought PHP scripts HAD to ALWAYS be in a .php file.

I could be wrong though...

Billett

You can write php in html exaple:

<?php

whatever php goes here

</body>
</html>

and all u need to do is save the file as a .php file and it will work fine

laserlight

Maybe you're looking to change:

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

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

in httpd.conf ?

chalexan

I changed the httpd.conf AddType and it still didn't work.

I know it must be something I've changed or indirectly changed. I have some files that are html files that have php inside them and they work, but if I change them they stop working.

I put this file in my root directory: testHtml.html
Inside this file I put:
<Html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo "Hello"; ?>
</body>
</Html>

Nothing happens!

Any other suggestions besides change all of my .html files to .php?

Billett

this is probbaly a long shot but have you actually installed php on your computer?

chalexan

Yes, I do have php installed and working.

I believe the problem is with my cms (eNvolution). I think it is causing my problem. Thanks for the help.

Kudose

I put this file in my root directory: testHtml.html

Rename your file to testhtml.php

.php is the important part we have been trying to get acrossed.

you can even name it testhtml.phtml if you want to.

chalexan

Thanks. I know that I can rename the file to .php. If you read my first post I said that I know that I can rename the file to .php.

The important part that I am trying to get across is that I paid money for a module that works. It's header and footer is a .html template file. It has <?php ... ?> calls in it and it works great! It was only until I modified it with some javascript that it stopped working. I undid the javascript edit but it still didn't work. I renamed it to .php and that page worked, but I was going to have to rename everyreference to the header.html file. I had a back up file of it and it still works, but because I added the javascript to that one file it stopped working. I have it working now, but only because of the back up file. I added the javascript again and it messed up again. It is working now, but it makes no sense to me for something to work, make a edit to the file--correct or not--undo the edit and it still not work. It should have no effect on the file if was working before you edited it, you edited it, then undid the edit.

I know that you can have a blah.html file with <?php ... ?> inside of it. This will work.

I have a cms , an error module, or a short url that I believe is messing with the extensions. I have been editing it and it stopped working. Then I noticed on my server it will not let me view a .html file with php inside of it. This should work:

a file named "test.html"

inside of the file:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo "Hello World"; ?>
</body>
</Html>

This should print out Hello World.

I do not know if it is better to use .php or phtml instead of .html or .htm. What I do know is I've got a module that has a header.html and footer.html with php code inside of it working. But when I try to view a "test.html" in my root directory with a simple <?php echo "Hello World"; ?> It doen't show. If I rename it "test.htm" it loads but shows a blank page. If I view the source of "test.htm" I can see the php code. And yes, if I name it "test.php" it works like it's suppose to.

travelbuff

You can change the mime type in your httpd.conf as mentioned above but I would prefer to do it in an htaccess file so you can control it on a directory basis. Take a look at this article:
http://www.modwest.com/help/kb5-1.html

If you are on a shared host your host will certainly not want to have all html files go through the parser as it will add a lot of overhead to the server.

More articles, etc: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=configure+php+parse+html+files

ajdegans

i might be wrong but if you call a file test.html or whatever

and you put PHP init then the PHP wont work? The browser interprets? (or however its spelled) as HTML which it obvious is NOT

So if you want to know whether the PHP works you better write and PHP file instead of an HTML

for example...

name it: phptest.php

put in the file:

<?
print ('this is a test. If you can read this, PHP works!')
?>

Anyway, you said the php and your bought script works fine... so actually this is a bit out of topic.

Another thing... think about this you ALSO said you renamed some files..... Isnt it obvious then that it doesnt work anymore?
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

chalexan

Thanks everyone for the comments.

Thanks travelbuff for the link to the article, I found it useful.

ajdegans, you ARE wrong! I guess that you do not realize the power of php is the ability--like JavaScript--to work with html. Yes you can have a .html file with php inside of it and it works perfectly. ALSO, I found your entire post out of topic. If I was going to make a reply to someone's post, I would not start with "I might be wrong...", reiterate what the orginal poster posted, and then finish with it's obvious that it doesn't work anymore--on a forum. Really! Does it not? Thanks!

My problem ended up being some JavaScript that I was using to redirect my page. I took out the JavaScript and replaced it with php and it now works like it did before. Still a .html file with php code inside of it.

ajdegans

hmm i tried an .html file with php init and it wont work. then i had exact the same file but renamed to .php and it worked....

if you even have read my post i pointed at 2 things.
1. the .html and .php thingy
2. the renaming of files which is, obviously, wrong in a prefeab script!

on top of that i do realize the power of php otherwise i shouldnt be here to learn the darn thing :rolleyes:

anyway... this is a forum and anyone who thinks who can add an post may do that, and so did i! like it or not 😃:p

chalexan

My problem why I couldn't view a .html file with php code inside of it was my .htaccess file for my short url module. I removed it and it now works.

ajdegans: Just because it does not work on your machine does not in no way mean "it wont work". The point I was trying to get across to you, that is probable a language barrier and a waste of everyone's time is, to say you "think" something is wrong (meaning that you think, but you've not actually tried it), to say that you could not do something (meaning that not only you think, but you've actually tried it), or "it wont work" (meaning that it cannot be done), they all have different meanings.

If you are learning php, no matter how good you may think you are, and you have no proof but "you think" or "your machine, that you could not get it to work", does not give you the credibility to say "it wont work". Because again, it will and does work. Why mislead someone (lying) by saying "it wont work", when in fact, you do not know if it will or not. You only think that it will not work. So for future post's do everyone a favor, if you do not know it for a fact, just say "you think it will not work" or "you tried but couldn't get it to work", not "it wont work" implying that you know for a fact that it cannot be done.

ajdegans

blahblah blah

NOW youre getting OFFtopic, cut the crap man...

get a life! and go teach your kids, but not me....

im no english or american... so i dont know english as good you 'seem' to know...