PHP Not Working in .htm Files Since PHP 5 Upgrade

kitchens

Hello,

I've stumbled across two problems since my host upgraded the server to PHP 5.

My .htm pages don't read the PHP code anymore. In other words, my code is ignored (no errors displayed -- the page just looks wonky).

<?php include('/home/myname/tpl/header.tpl'); ?>

and

<?php echo date("Y") ?>

Are just not read at all.

I did have all this working through my .htaccess file before PHP 5, which had the lines:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .htm

Then changed that to just:

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .htm

No luck.

Then tried to change it to:

AddType x-mapp-php5 .htm

Then

AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .htm

No luck there either.

Not sure what to do now. Any help is greatly appreciated!

bradgrafelman

The easy answer is: use .php for PHP code, and .htm/.html for HTML - that way the PHP engine isn't bothered with searching each and every .htm file being served up.

If you insist on using a .htm file extension... it might be that PHP is no longer installed as an Apache module. If you do a phpinfo(), what does 'Server API' say at the top?

kitchens

Thanks for the response.

Server API says CGI.

bradgrafelman

I think it would be best if you contacted your webhost with this issue and see what they have to say - they might have used a different application name other than x-httpd-php.

kitchens

Hello again,

I guess I should've mentioned that I've spent the past 2 days back and forth with them. I'll paste their last response here:

"All our websites having in the same servers are working properly.

We suugest that you logged in cpanel and in Advanced Tools there is option of Apache Handlers. "

Yes, that's a doozy to work with. I had already gone into Apache Handlers and nothing worked there so basically I got the brush off. Now it's my turn. I went ahead and switched hosts after I read your reply.

I hate it that it had to come to that after 2 years on a stable server but it's obviously nothing I can fix on this end and they don't want to fix it on theirs. Apparently.

Thanks for your help. I was hoping it was an easy fix but it's good to know one way or the other!

bradgrafelman

Well, I'm sorry to hear that you had to switch hosts, but I definitely agree with your decision; if a host isn't accommodating you in any way, there's no reason to fight with them when there's thousands of other hosts out there that would be glad to have your business and serve you.

Anyway, don't forget to mark this thread resolved.