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I'm trying to test executing php code within my index.html. To test this I'm using:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
If I change the file to .php it works fine, but I want it to execute as .html . I set up a .htaccess to do this but it's not working. This is my .htaccess:
<Files index.html>
AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .html
</Files>
Both index.html and .htaccess are located in var/www/html. Why is the .html file not processing as .php when it has php code?
The reason why the web server is not passing the index.html file thru the PHP interpreter is that the mime-type has not been associated with it.
You need to use the AddHandler directive to set it.
In order to associate the type you've added, it really depends on what your setup is. Various scenarios might be: php-fpm, mod_php, cgi.
An example using CGI is:
Action application/x-httpd-php5 "/path/to/php"
Bear in mind that this setting is usually not available on shared hosting. If you are using one, consider contacting the support helpdesk.
Consider having a look at this duplicate question: Parsing HTML files as PHP
I would suggest against adding a handler. You should rather rename the index.html file to index.php. If this is not picked by Apache, you can correct it using DirectoryIndex index.php.
I hope this helps.
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I am totally new to php coding and my teacher told us that PHP files should be renamed with .php extension for it to work. But I have files in the serve with .htm extension, which I used with Google Analytics and Search Console, so now I don't want to change the extension to all my 5 five pages as I would make a huge chaos out of it. So is there a way I can insert php code into my html pages and still use it with .htm extension?
Thank you!
You want to write PHP codes within the .HTM / .HTML files
all you have to do is the add the following lines to your httpd.conf
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html
AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm
note: restart your apache or rehash it so that the configurations take effect
Yes, you can use php code inside .html files, But you need to config the websever. In Apache you can config like this:
# Interpret both .php & .html as PHP:
AddHandler php5-script .php .html
As reference look this answer here
Hi you cannot run PHP withouth .php extension files. But you can work with friendly-urls.
You can do something like that
In your .htaccess file
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/example/([0-9]+)\ /example.php?id=$1
And this maps requests from
/example.php?id=contact
to
/example/contact
You can find more about it in Google typing "How I can work with url firendly in php".
Short answer: No.
Explained: The .php tells the server that the file has php information and needs to run the select code as php. Otherwise it'll run as normal html and won't run your code.
You can link to a separate .php page when something requires the php code. Yet if it's for a page with dynamic loading then you just have to change the extension.
I am designing a website that requires me to show the outputs of a mysql database on a webpage written in html. However my browser doesn't seem to recognize the php scripts within the html file and returns blank values where their should be details. The scripts worked fine in the .php files but have no effect when included in the .html files even after creating a .htaccess file as instructed in previously asked questions. Is there anything else that can be done to solve this issue?
There are two methods (that I've encountered) of changing the environment on an Apache server via .htaccess to allow PHP scripts to be processed in .html files, depending on the configuation. Whichever of these you've attempted, try the other.
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php .html .htm
Or
AddHandler cgi-script .html
SetEnv PHP_EXTENSION .html
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How do I add PHP code to .html files?
is there a way to process php code on a .html/.htm file? the server supports php I just need the file to retain the .htm extension
Note: I really don't understand why some users feel the need to down vote on a valid question. Not all questions appear in the search unless it worded close to the previous question.
Thanks for all the answers below. AddType in the htaccess solved my problem
Add the following to your .htaccess:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .htm
You can either use mod_rewrite, or add a directive to your .htaccess file to tell Apache (if that's what you're using) to add .htm as a PHP file type.
You can change the file config of your web server (for example, in apache the httpd.conf file) to interprete the .htm as it was a php file.
If you use Apache, look for the php addHandler directive in the apache2.conf file and add your extension in the list. Do not forget to restart apache after.
I would really like my index.html to be able to have a PHP script work on it. I read that you can do this through the htaccess file. I only have access to a subdomain website directory, where I can upload my files through FTP.
The directory did not have a htaccess file, so I created one using notepad: .htaccess and added this to the file:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html
The problem is, instead of loading the index.html page, it downloads it as a file...would I need to add something extra to the htaccess file? :S
You don't need to name the file index.html to have it served by default. You can change the default document using your with an entry in your .htaccess file like this:
DirectoryIndex index.php
Then when you navigate to http://yoursubdomain.example.com you will be served index.php instead of index.html.
If really do want PHP to interpret your .html documents then the entry you had in your question will work when PHP is running as an Apache module. If your host is running PHP as CGI, you want:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .html
If it still doesn't work, then this web page has some more suggestions:
http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/how-to-parse-html-files-as-php/
The directive you have sets the content-type of files with a .html file extension.
If the server has PHP installed and enabled, that content-type will cause it to be run though the PHP engine and then the output from that sent to the client.
If it doesn't have PHP installed, then the file will just be served up to the client with that content-type. Since browsers don't handle PHP scripts themselves, they will then just save the file.
You need to install and enable PHP as well as setting the content-type.
Presumably your hosting is supporting PHP?
If so, then you need to rename your file from index.html to index.php
I am with new web host. The public_html folder of each domain I create is auto generated with an .htaccess that has the following line:
AddHandler php5-script .php
What is this for?
This just instructs PHP to handle files ending in .php by passing them to the PHP5 interpreter. Without this configuration in place, the web server may serve the files to the end-user's web browser as raw PHP code, rather than executing the code. That raises the dangerous possibility of exposing database login credentials or, or other secrets.
Using the same mechanism, you could configure the web server to parse files with other extensions besides .php as PHP scripts and hand them to the PHP interpreter. This is occasionally done to mask PHP scripts by naming them with .html extensions, for example.
# Interpret both .php & .html as PHP:
AddHandler php5-script .php .html
It tells php to handle any file with .php in the filename, even if it's not at the end. A file named smile.php.gif will be interpereted as a php file, which is bad if you are going to be using an upload script. This is because Apache allows multiple extensions in any order, so gif.php.jpg is the same as gif.jpg.php. I have heard the best way to select the handler is with FilesMatch. Of course if your web host has this in their httpd.conf you would have to 'remove' it using your htaccess before using the FilesMatch if you don't have access to httpd.conf.
The answer is that the htaccess tells the webserver to handle the php as php5-script and execute it.
Regarding the first answer, you will achieve your goal but it is a really bad practice and you should not allow html files to be executed as php due to huge security concerns.