What to name php-files?

[Anon]

I\'m a newbie and I just wanted to know what the php-files I create should be called? .php, php3 or .php4? I have no idea. Is there a differens between them?

I just installed MySQL and PHP 4 on my Windows 2000 machine and I can run files that end with .php in IIS5, but it won\'t work with .php3-files. I see that most sites seem to use php3-files (this one does). Please explain this to me.

[Anon]

Call them xxxxx.php

The .php3 suffix is only relevant on a server which is going though a php v. 3 -> php v. 4 transition and where the system administrator has installed both php v. 3 and php v. 4.

[Anon]

Thanks!

[Anon]

A good naming convention that I am fond of is calling web-page files .phtml and logic files .php

A .phtml file will signify that there is code on the page that needs to be parsed, but it is a "web page" that will be displayed in a browser.

The .php extension signifies that the file is simply code (or a shell script) to do some processing that will send the results elsewhere.

Good Luck!

-Phil