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[bennettut]

I am creating my first website and want to include a php code to retrieve the day and date. This will probably sound like a silly question and let all of you know just how new I am, but here goes. I know I need to change my file extension to .php. Can I just rename it that way or is there a particular way that needs to be done? Also, is there a way around this? Can I somehow imbed it in my html code without changing the file extension?

[bradgrafelman]

First and foremost, welcome to PHPBuilder!

bennettut wrote:

Can I just rename it that way or is there a particular way that needs to be done?

Yes, you simply rename the file to have a ".php" extension.

bennettut wrote:

Also, is there a way around this? Can I somehow imbed it in my html code without changing the file extension?

It's possible, yes (such as forcing all .html files to also be passed through the PHP interpeter, mod_rewrite, etc.), but does it really matter? What's wrong with simply renaming the file to have a ".php" extension to properly reflect how it should be handled by the webserver?