Problem embedding php in html

harvey

Hi,
I've installed php 5.14 with Apache 2.0.58 on my home XP computer with no problem.

I'm now installing it on my work computer (XP with IIS 5.1), following the
procedure laid out in: http://wiki.phpgedview.net/en/index.php/How_to:Install_IIS_with_PHP_and_MySQL

I can run phpinfo.php ok. And a simple helloworld.php, run directly, also displays ok. But when I try a simple embedding, as below, the php code apparently is not getting parsed:
<html>
<head><title> Embedded Php </title></head>
<body>
<h2>Testing Embedded php </h2>

<?php
echo "Hello world!";
?>

</body>
</html>

Is there some install setting I have missed?
thanks,
harvey

Jadedknight

I am pretty sure I know what the problem is. You have IIS so the PHP module will load ".php" but the PHP module is not set to parse ".html" In Apache there are lines like this in the config file:

LoadModule php5_module "C:/php/php5apache2_2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html
PHPIniDir "C:/php"

See how it says AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html This will tell Apache that the PHP module will parse .php as well as .html You need this so that the embedded PHP will be processed.

I know you are using IIS but this should help you search for a solution.

bradgrafelman

In the long run, I think it'd be much better to simply rename the file to .php rather than have the PHP engine parse every .html file being served up.

Jadedknight

Yeah true, but it's good for templating.