HOW do I have a PHPscript in a .html file

Anon

Hi There,
Is there anyway I can get a php script to run in a .html file............say my page is called index.html and I want a counter on it - how would be the best way to do this?.

I dont want to have to rename the page index.php as its already listed with all the search engines.

THanks in advance for all the help from this list

Paul

Anon

If you are wanting something simple like a counter then you can insert an image into the .html page that calls to a php page.

Then on your count.php3 page you could have a small php generated image, along with the function that records the hit, etc.

I think Tim wrote something about this in a column a while ago.....it may pay to have a look there for some code.

rgds,
scott d~

Anon

The other obvious choice is to configure your webserver to associate .html files with PHP. Basically what you normally do is associate .php or .phtml file extensions to run through the PHP engine. Just do what you did to configure that, only have it do so for .html files.

Please note this WILL incur a performance penalty as now ALL of your .html files will have to be parsed by the PHP engine, whereas normally only files ending with .php or whatever are redirected through the PHP engine before output.

But if your needs are simple enough, or you plan to put PHP code in many of your webpages, this may work for you. For larger sites with lots of typical HTML files (only text and graphics) and only a few pages with PHP code, this performance hit may not be acceptable. Your mileage may vary.