Using PHP in an HTML document

derbys

This is a potentially stupid question. I have a website thats in a HTML format, and want to use a couple of PHP scripts in it, without having to re-write it for PHP etc. Is it possible to include PHP in an HTML file.. someone has told me something about altering a .htaccess file (or something like that)which will enable php to work in normal html. How can i do this if i can? Also is it possible to edit this file on my localhost (using phpmyadmin), as thats what im working with at the minute.

Hopefully i've not confused anyone 😃

halojoy

Yes, it is possible to use .htaccess to tell to run .htm and .html as PHP.
But only if your webhost allow such setting in .htaccess
See many hits in this google search http://www.google.com/#q=addtype+run+php+.html+.htaccess

There are probably several different lines to use
depending on what PHP type you use.
Anyway, something like this in .htaccess

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

bradgrafelman

Why not just rename the file(s) in question to .php?

derbys

I had problems with reading CSS files, and even when i changed it to .php it wasn't working. I figured this route would have solved the problem, however it turns out my localhost is abit broke so for some reason isn't showing it properly (unlike my actual webspace, which does) so it's sorted, to an extent 😃

Cheers